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Classification Title	Lexington Murder, Lyric Variant 01
Document Title	The Bloody Miller
Alternative Titles	The Oxford Girl; The Lexington Girl; The Knoxville Girl; The Wexford Girl; The Wittam Miller; The Berkshire Tragedy; The Murdering Miller; Come All of You Who's Been in Love and Sympathize with Me; Last Saturday Night, Two Weeks Ago; Poor Nell; The Noel Girl; The Expert Girl; The Rexford Girl; The Cruel Miller; The Tragedy; The Lexington Miller; Johnny McDowell
Informant(s)	[Esther] Jane Eller, 1883-1967
Other Name(s)	Rosa Allen, 1885-1976; Bettie (Rosa's sister?)
Geographic Location	Meat Camp Township, Watauga County, North Carolina
Associated Date	1901-05-27
Subject	Ballads, English -- North Carolina Murder -- Songs and music Conscience -- Songs and music Guilt -- Songs and music
Scholarly Classification	Brown, Older Ballads - 65 Randolph, 150 Cox, 90
Description	Two leaves of lined paper, handwritten in pencil on both sides. The document is in good physical condition. The document was laminated. The document was folded horizontally and vertically into sixths, possibly for mailing. There are numerous folding-related minor tears throughout the document. The upper right corner of the second leaf was folded into the laminate. The informant citation is handwritten on the reverse side of the second leaf.
Dimensions, Original	126 mm x 201 mm
Publisher	W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributors	I. G. Greer
Upload Date	2007-04-27
Type	Manuscript
Format	JPEG
Language	English
Rights	The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Scan Date	2006-05-23
Scan By	Paul L. Robertson
Transcribe Date	2006-05-24
Transcribe By	Susan G. Pepper

Classification Title	Lexington Murder, Lyric Variant 01, Page 1
File Name	lexington_murder_01_p1.tif
Transcript	May the 27th 1901 Song Balled The Bloody [Miller] 1. ) One month of may since Christmas Last that most unhappy day the devil He persuaded me to take her life away. (2) I met her at her sisters house twas 8 o’clock at night. and little did that Creature think I owed her any Spite. (3) I ask her to take a walk with me in The fields a little way that we Mite so well a-gree and apoint the Wedding day. (4)no thank you I took her long some lone-some Place in the fields not far away I drew stick from the hedge and struck her in the face.

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