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The Knoxville Girl song has been redone many times (per Wikipedia) under several different names. Based on multiple google searches that seems to be true. The Knoxvile girl was said to be based on a Elizabethan poem called the Cruel Miller. A poem about a man killing the girl he loves because she is pregnant and he doesn't want to get married. In the end he is hanged. I guess that would be called poetic justice. But the youtube version I have attached is worth watching because it is sort of a cheerful song. I think it is interesting, because it shows that violent songs are in no way a new phenomenon.
http://www.tadpoletunes.com/songs/cruelmil.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knoxville_Girl
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