Knoxville Girl by Snakehorn

Knoxville Girl by Snakehorn

Second on the "Old Songs" project is The Knoxville Girl...an Appalachian murder ballad. It is derived from the 19th century Irish ballad The Wexford Girl, itself derived from the earlier English ballad The Oxford Girl. Other versions are known as the Waxweed Girl, The Wexford Murder. These are in turn derived from Elizabethan era poem or broadside ballad, The Cruel Miller.

Although the lyrics are less explicit than those for The Wexford Girl, the song is generally considered to be creepier or spookier in its rendition.