Artist	Song
Clannad	Two Sisters
Peter, Paul & Mary	Golden Vanity
Gjallarhorn	Herr Olof (Sir Olof)
Solas	The Maid on the Shore
Steeleye Span	Thomas the Rhymer
Garmarna	Brun (The Robber)
Kate Rusby	Drowned Lovers
Steeleye Span	Black Jack Davy
Gjallarhorn	Dejelill Och Lagerman/Dejelill and Lagerman
Fairport Convention	Matty Groves
Old Blind Dogs	Edward
Figgy Duff	Henry Martin
Joan Baez	The Cherry Tree Carol
Garmarna	Den Bortsslda (Sold Away)
Steeleye Span	Alison Gross
Clandestine	The Cruel Sister

Comment:

I made this for a friend's baby--you're never too young for bloody folk songs! Although strictly speaking, they're not ALL murder ballads. Only about half. A breakdown for the interested:

1. Sororicide, drowning
2. Sinking of ship, individual drowning
3. No death per se, but subject is bespelled by evil mermaid
4. Trickery, no death
5. Long sojourn in Elfland, no death
6. Intended murder victim slays attacker (variant of "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight")
7. Murder of star-crossed lovers by maternal black magic
8. Wife runs off with gypsies, no death
9. Adultery, no death
10. Adultery, betrayed husband slays wife and paramour
11. Patricide (unusual variant, this ballad usually involves fratricide)
12. Pirate sinks ship, "all of her merry men drowned"
13. No death! Baby Jesus!
14. Father sells daughter into slavery, but no death
15. Ugly witch, no death
16. See #1

The cover is a photo of me as a toddler.

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