Iām looking for my fortune and it aināt in Illinois
Panchoās StepchildrenāPancho and Leftyā has been a foray into a more Western genre of murder ballad, building on Patās discussion of āJack Straw,ā I suppose. Ā The Wikipedia entry on murder balladsĀ cites Olive Burtās 1958 article, āThe Minstrelsy of Murder,ā which … Continue reading →