
A ballad of the murder of Charles Silver in North Carolina, 1831. Lyrics from The Mudcat Cafe.
The story: The Ballad of Frankie Silver
Greed, jealousy, revenge, obsession – the motives of America’s gas-lit murders are universal and timeless. Yet their stories are tightly bound to a particular place and time; uniquely American, uniquely 19th Century.
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