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Other murder ballads tell the tale of the crime from the point of view of the victim, such as "Lord Randall", in which the narrator becomes ill and discovers that he has been poisoned. Others tell the story with greater distance, such as " Lamkin ", which records the details of the crime and the punishment without any attempt to arouse sympathy ...
The poem was recited by Miss Marple in the 1964 film Murder Most Foul, as her audition to join a theatrical troupe. The character of Dan McGrew was based on William Nelson McGrew (1883-1960), who was born and raised in Guinda, California to Isaac and Nellie Ophelia (Thomas) McGrew and whose nickname was "Dangerous Dan". William McGrew had gone ...
"Danny Deever" is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack-Room Ballads. It received wide critical and popular acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the most significant pieces of Kipling's early verse. The poem, a ballad, describes the execution of a British soldier in India for murder. His execution is viewed by his ...
In the poem “Painted Tongue,” Byas writes: “We twist and turn in the mirror,/ my mother and I becoming each other,/ her bruises and scars passed down,/ family heirlooms that will take/ me ...
Murder on My Mind; My Name Is Mud; N. ... The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia; No Body, No Crime; No Sad Song; O. Omie Wise; Only a Pawn in Their Game; Open Pit ...
"The Cruel Mother" (a.k.a."The Greenwood Side" or "Greenwood Sidey") (Roud 9, Child 20) is a murder ballad originating in England that has since become popular throughout the wider English-speaking world.
According to the story, a haunting turn occurred when a ghost confronted seaman Charles Stewart in the dark hold of the ship with a baby in her arms. When questioned by Captain Edmund Hook "the real villain saw the ghost of his lover before him, fell to his knees, and confessed to the ghastly crime. He later died aboard ship, presumably of scurvy."
Radio humorist and raconteur Jean Shepherd recorded a collection of Robert Service's poems, Jean Shepherd Reads the Poems of Robert Service. [45] Margaret Rutherford recited most of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" in the 1964 film Murder Most Foul. "The Spell of the Yukon" features significantly in the film Eureka directed by Nicholas Roeg.