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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Texas Gladden
Author: traditional
Label: Rounder
Year: 1941
Alan Lomax recording in Salem, VA and released on Lomax' Portrait series. Roud #79 (also as The Four Marys). Murder ballad. There once was a Mary Hamilton at the Russian court during Empress Catherine's reign, beheaded for infanticide.
Covers:
Jeannie Robertson [as The Four Mary's]
Almeda Riddle [as The Four Marys]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)