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Type of ballad dealing with crime or death
Murder ballads are a subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death. Their lyrics form a narrative describing the events
Murder_ballad
1996 studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 February 1996 by Mute Records. As its title
Murder_Ballads
Musical by Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Murder Ballad is a rock opera musical with music and lyrics by Juliana Nash, and book and lyrics by Julia Jordan. Murder Ballad centers around a young
Murder_Ballad_(musical)
Traditional song
Appalachian region of North America, among other places. The song is a murder ballad, telling of a young woman lured into the forest where she is killed
Pretty_Polly_(ballad)
American musical act
Hendelman. The project uses the murder ballad genre to explore American history, especially 19th-century America. In American Murder Song, Saar and Terrance play
American_Murder_Song
Verse set to music
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of England, Ireland
Ballad
Traditional murder ballad
"Edward" is a traditional murder ballad existing in several variants, categorised by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 13 and listed as number
Edward_(ballad)
1929 American familicide case
event inspired a number of songs and other tributes including the murder ballad "The Murder of the Lawson Family", which was originally recorded by the Carolina
Lawson_family_murders
American actress and singer (born 1981)
played the Narrator in Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway musical Murder Ballad, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding
Rebecca_Naomi_Jones
Traditional English folk murder ballad
18; Laws M32) is a traditional English folk murder ballad that tells the story of how two brothers murder a servant who is courting their sister. There
The_Bramble_Briar
British actress
the alternate to the leading role of Sara played by Kerry Ellis in Murder Ballad, in a cast that also included Ramin Karimloo, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt
Natalie_McQueen
2014 song composed by James Newton Howard
vocals, its elements of Appalachian music, and its effectiveness as a murder ballad. Commercially, the song garnered success on charts internationally,
The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games song)
The_Hanging_Tree_(The_Hunger_Games_song)
Canadian actress and singer
Hippodrome Casino, and starred as Sara in the Trip Cullman musical Murder Ballad at the off-Broadway Union Square Theatre. She played Fantine in the
Caissie_Levy
1928 song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
lyricist of "Mack the Knife" A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat
Mack_the_Knife
Murder ballad
is a traditional Appalachian murder ballad. It is written from the perspective of a man facing the gallows for the murder of his lover, to whom he gave
Down_in_the_Willow_Garden
1902 mass murder of a family in Louisiana
though even then Batson's guilt was controversial. The case inspired the murder ballad "Batson", most famously recorded by blues musician Wilson Jones in 1934
Earll_family_murders
British actress and singer
September 2016 Hamilton-Barritt returned to work in the production of Murder Ballad at the Arts Theatre as the Narrator, alongside Kerry Ellis, Ramin Karimloo
Victoria_Hamilton-Barritt
The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads and folk songs. The songs are arranged by theme under the categories "Politics and soldiering" and "Non-political"
List_of_Irish_ballads
Italian singer and stage actress (born 1975)
roles in musical theatre, including Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast and Murder Ballad. Her international work includes recordings and performances with Ennio
Arianna_(singer)
British director (born 1983)
Olivier Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Murder Ballad (2017), and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for The
Sam_Yates
Turkish actress and model (born 1994)
Selin Genç in 2016 made his first theatrical experience with the show Murder Ballad. After the education he received, he was offered to act in television
Selin_Genç
19th-century murder ballad
murder ballad that originated in the late 19th century, recounting the shooting death of one Ellen Smith, and the trial and execution of her murderer
Poor_Ellen_Smith
American murder victim (1789–1808)
American murder victim who is remembered by a popular murder ballad about her death. Omie Wise's death became the subject of a traditional American ballad (Roud
Omie_Wise
Song performed by Outlaws
Appalachian murder ballad. It is derived from the 19th-century Irish ballad "The Wexford Girl", itself derived from the earlier English ballad "The Bloody
The_Knoxville_Girl
Traditional song
English-language murder ballad. The heroine (called variously Lizie, Rosie or Lucy) is pregnant with her brother's child. Her brother murders her. He tries
Lizie_Wan
Traditional song
Fause Foodrage (Child ballad 89, Roud 57) is a Scottish murder ballad of the 17th or 18th century. It was first printed by Walter Scott in Minstrelsy
Fause_Foodrage
Dutch actor and television presenter
Goede tijden, slechte tijden. He played lead roles in the musicals Murder Ballad (2020), Saturday Night Fever (2024–2025) and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat
Buddy_Vedder
2000 song by Eminem
murder ballad reflects intense anger and hatred toward his then-wife Kim Mathers, and features Eminem imitating her voice, ending with him murdering her
Kim_(song)
American murder victim
(March 23, 1911 – December 14, 1929) was a murder victim from Floyd County, Virginia. Her murder inspired a ballad, "Young Freda Bolt", written by hymnodist
Freeda_Bolt
Confederate Army soldier (1844–1868)
circumstances surrounding Foster's murder and Dula's subsequent execution. The Kingston Trio recorded a hit version of the murder ballad in 1958. Tom Dula was born
Tom_Dula
1995 single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
1995 by Mute Records, the murder ballad is the fifth song and lead single from the band's ninth studio album, Murder Ballads (1996). It was written by
Where_the_Wild_Roses_Grow
Song by Wilmer Watts & his Lonely Eagles
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", or simply "Brady", is a traditional murder ballad about the shooting of a policeman, Brady, by a bartender, Duncan. The
Duncan_and_Brady
2020 novel by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a dystopian young adult action-adventure novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The_Ballad_of_Songbirds_and_Snakes
List of ballads collected by Francis James Child
The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published
List_of_the_Child_Ballads
1927 child murder in Los Angeles
California. In later decades, Parker's death was the subject of various murder ballads. Parker went missing on December 15, 1927, after she was dismissed from
Murder_of_Marion_Parker
1991 single by Tupac Shakur
"Brenda's Got a Baby" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now (1991). The song was first released as a promotional CD single
Brenda's_Got_a_Baby
1968 single by Tom Jones
against the odds, Delilah was "a song about murder and it does tend to trivialise the idea of murdering a woman and it's a pity these words now have
Delilah_(Tom_Jones_song)
Traditional song
(also known by the Scots title "The Twa Sisters") is a traditional murder ballad, dating at least as far back as the mid 17th century. The song recounts
The_Two_Sisters_(folk_song)
2018 single by YNW Melly
rap ballads". The Fader. Photographed by Devin Christopher. Retrieved March 29, 2026. Fu, Eddie (April 17, 2019). "The Making Of YNW Melly's "Murder On
Murder_on_My_Mind
American folk song
In his version, Stagger Lee kills Louis Collins, the subject of a murder ballad by Mississippi John Hurt, and 'Hangin' Billy Lyons is the judge who
Stagger_Lee
Olive W. Burt, American Murder Ballads and their Stories, Oxford University Press, New York, 1958 Olive W. Burt, "Murder Ballads of Mormondom", Western
List of songs about or referencing serial killers
List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_serial_killers
American singer-songwriter
executive. He is best known for his 1968 recording of the controversial murder ballad, "Psycho", written by Leon Payne, produced by John Capps and issued
Eddie_Noack
Child ballad 14, Roud 27
and discovers that he is the brother. He commits suicide. Forms of this ballad are known throughout all of Scandinavia ("Töres döttrar i Wänge"). Betsy
Babylon_(ballad)
Musical artist
notable for performing lead vocals and guitar with rock band Kenelis and Murder Ballad duet "White Lillies" with Fairuza Balk. Sanson was born in Chertsey
Mel_Sanson
1964 song by Bob Dylan
list (link) Slade, Paul (2015). Unprepared to Die: America's Greatest Murder Ballads and the True Crime Stories That Inspired Them. Soundcheck Books. ISBN 9780992948078
Ballad_of_Hollis_Brown
1948 single by Roy Hogsed
version of the song in 1947. The song is the tale of a man, Willy Lee, who murders his unfaithful girlfriend while under the influence of whiskey and cocaine
Cocaine_Blues
1887 murder in Canada
held in Charlottetown early the next year. The Murder of Mary Tuplin (Roud #12463) is one of several ballads written about the crime, which at the time shocked
Murder_of_Mary_Tuplin
2022 single by Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson
Hardy's second studio album The Mockingbird & the Crow. The song is a murder ballad about a male protagonist killing an abuser. It is his highest charting
Wait_in_the_Truck
Irish children's song
the Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers. The song is a variation of a murder ballad called "The Cruel Mother" or "The Greenwood Side" (Child 20, Roud 9)
Weela_Weela_Walya
Song
Arden of Feversham in Kent is a 17th-century English broadside ballad that details the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife Alice, her lover Mosby, and several
The complaint and lamentation of Mistresse Arden of Feversham in Kent
The_complaint_and_lamentation_of_Mistresse_Arden_of_Feversham_in_Kent
1969 song by the Beatles
when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does." The murder ballad was initially rehearsed during the Get Back sessions in January 1969
Maxwell's_Silver_Hammer
American musician (born 1973)
and Tommy Vext) 2020 — — — — — 12 44 — — 12 Sno Babies soundtrack "Murder Ballad II" (The Dead Deads featuring Corey Taylor) 2021 — — — — — — — — — —
Corey_Taylor
1972 ballad by Bobby Russell
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic murder ballad first recorded by actress, singer, comedian Vicki Lawrence. The song was
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
The_Night_the_Lights_Went_Out_in_Georgia
South Korean singer and actress (born 1984)
Album KOR "Answer Me" (with Sung Doo Seop & Shinshin Kim) 2013 — —N/a Murder Ballad OST "You Belong To Me" (with Sung Doo Seop) — "Little By Little – Reprise"
Lina_(entertainer)
Nursery rhyme
"Eeper Weeper" or "Heeper Peeper" is an English nursery rhyme and skipping song that tells the story of a chimney sweep who kills his second wife and hides
Eeper_Weeper
Scottish song and ballad
Man, the Murder, the Ballad (University of Illinois Press, 1997) Edward D. Ives, The Bonny Earl of Murray: the Man, the Murder, the Ballad, Tuckwell
The_Bonnie_Earl_o'_Moray
1966 single by Cher
July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-27. "Bang Bang: Pop! Goes the Murder Ballad". Murder Ballad Monday. Sing Out!. March 2, 2015. Archived from the original
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Bang_Bang_(My_Baby_Shot_Me_Down)
Song by Immortal Technique
"Dance with the Devil" is a song by American rapper Immortal Technique, released alongside his debut studio album Revolutionary Vol. 1 on September 18
Dance with the Devil (Immortal Technique song)
Dance_with_the_Devil_(Immortal_Technique_song)
English/Scottish folk song
in which he was introduced as "A Pleasant New Ballad to sing Evening and morn, / Of the Bloody murder of Sir John Barley-corn". The following two verses
John_Barleycorn
2021 single by Taylor Swift featuring Haim
crime documentaries and podcasts, and produced it with Aaron Dessner. A murder ballad featuring styles of Americana, country, country pop, and country rock
No_Body,_No_Crime
British macabre musical trio
The Twisted Tale of a Christmas Crack-Whore (with Justin Bond) (2008) The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (with Nan Goldin) (2011) The Whore of Babylon (with
The_Tiger_Lillies
American murderer (born 1971)
folk singer Caroline Herring's 2014 album Lantana, takes the form of a murder ballad from Smith's point of view. Smith appears briefly in archival footage
Susan_Smith
1995 single by PJ Harvey
"Down by the Water" is a song by the English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It is the seventh track and the lead single from her third studio album
Down by the Water (PJ Harvey song)
Down_by_the_Water_(PJ_Harvey_song)
1979 single by the Boomtown Rats
of the UK in 1979. Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart. According
I_Don't_Like_Mondays
2023 single by SZA
single from her second studio album, SOS (2022). It is a pop and R&B murder ballad, built around a midtempo, groovy rhythm and a detuned melody. Guitars
Kill_Bill_(song)
1867 English murder
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Execution of Frederick Baker, the Alton Murderer, ballad in Curiosities of Street Literature by Charles Hindley (London 1871)
Murder_of_Fanny_Adams
North Carolina folk song
the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous murder ballads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio reached
Tom_Dooley_(song)
1996 song by Sting
episode dealt with the aftermath (guilt, recriminations and anger) of the murder of a central character by his partner, who mistakenly believed that the
I_Hung_My_Head
2005 box set by Jelly Roll Morton
4:30 2. "The Murder Ballad, part 1" 4:05 3. "The Murder Ballad, part 2" 4:17 4. "The Murder Ballad, part 3" 4:29 5. "The Murder Ballad, part 4" 4:19
Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
Jelly_Roll_Morton:_The_Complete_Library_of_Congress_Recordings
Chinese actor
He acted in musicals such as I Do! I Do!, Happiness Doesn't Wait, Murder Ballad, Interview and stage plays I am A Moon, Stuck and Almond Tofu Heart
Jiang_Qiming
(Part Two)" (Sirenia Digest #7, June 2006) "The Cryomancer's Daughter (Murder Ballad No. 3)" (Sirenia Digest #8, July 2006) "Portrait of the Artist as a
Caitlín R. Kiernan bibliography
Caitlín_R._Kiernan_bibliography
1968 song by the Beatles
Richie Havens reached number 76 in Canada in 1969. The song, a country-style ballad, is titled from the character's name, which was originally "Rocky Sassoon"
Rocky_Raccoon
Musical or opera with little or no spoken dialogue
Little Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem Les Misérables Miss Saigon Murder Ballad Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Notre-Dame de Paris Ordinary
Sung-through
Traditional song
no mother, nor no friend at all': The Poor Murdered Woman as local composition and subversive 'crime ballad'". Proceedings of the English Folk Dance and
Poor_Murdered_Woman
2000 single by Dixie Chicks
"Goodbye Earl" is a country murder ballad written by Dennis Linde. Initially recorded by the band Sons of the Desert for an unreleased album in the late
Goodbye_Earl
Children's song published in 1806
Thesaurus. The opening lyrics are also used to begin the traditional murder ballad "Duncan and Brady." The song can also be played as a singing game. List
Twinkle,_Twinkle,_Little_Star
Iranian-Canadian actor, singer, songwriter (born 1978)
May 8, 2016. From September 30 until December 3, he starred as Tom in Murder Ballad at the Arts Theatre in London. On September 22, 2016, it was announced
Ramin_Karimloo
1928 German play with music
Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although
The_Threepenny_Opera
2001 studio album by Jonathan Byrd
singer-songwriter storytelling with Appalachian folk roots. There is even a murder ballad; "Velma" is a song about serial killer Velma Barfield whose victims
Wildflowers (Jonathan Byrd album)
Wildflowers_(Jonathan_Byrd_album)
Ulster loyalist gang
whom were killed in sectarian attacks. The gang kidnapped, tortured and murdered random civilians suspected of being Catholics; each was beaten ferociously
Shankill_Butchers
Folk song
"Frankie and Albert", "Frankie's Man", "Johnny", or just "Frankie") is a murder ballad, a traditional American popular song. It tells the story of a woman
Frankie_and_Johnny_(song)
Epic song, Work song, Love song, Child Ballads (tragic ballads), Children's song, Protest song, Murder ballad, Sporting song Other folk music relates
List_of_folk_music_traditions
1983 song by Mike Oldfield
reference to the murder of John Lennon, despite the fact that the events in the song do not correspond with those of Lennon's murder. Lennon was shot
Moonlight_Shadow
2011 single by Rihanna
total expense was $1,078,000. "Man Down" is a reggae and dancehall murder ballad with "Caribbean-rhythms" and elements of ragga and electronic music
Man_Down_(song)
Roots and traditional music from the United States
popular traditional ballad originating in England and Scotland, which immigrants introduced to the United States. The murder ballad "Pretty Polly", indexed
American_folk_music
Traditional song
article: Child's Ballads/20 "The Cruel Mother" (a.k.a. "The Greenwood Side" or "Greenwood Sidey") (Roud 9, Child 20) is a murder ballad most likely originating
The_Cruel_Mother
1993 promotional single by Primus
"My Name Is Mud" is a song by the American rock band Primus. It was released as a promotional single from their third studio album, Pork Soda (1993). In
My_Name_Is_Mud
1951 American film
"Frankie and Johnny", a murder ballad. In the song, a woman shoots her unfaithful lover. The film depicts her trial for murder. Her crooked lawyer manages
Rooty_Toot_Toot
2025 fantasy novella by Amal El-Mohtar
Ysabel's engagement to Pollard. In Esther's voice, the harp sings a murder ballad accusing Pollard of drowning her and demanding vengeance. Esther and
The_River_Has_Roots
2010 song by Bob Dylan
Emmett Till", also known as "The Ballad of Emmett Till", is a song by the American musician Bob Dylan about the murder of Emmett Till. Till, a 14-year-old
The_Death_of_Emmett_Till
1987 film by Joel and Ethan Coen
guitar), and John R. Crowder (yodeling). Holly Hunter sings a traditional murder ballad, "Down in the Willow Garden", as an incongruous "lullaby" during the
Raising_Arizona
Topics referred to by the same term
The Wind and Rain may refer to: The Two Sisters (folk song), a murder ballad about one sister killing the other one, some versions are known under the
The_Wind_and_Rain
2024 single by Ethel Cain
of the tracks on Perverts with more focus on the lyrical content. A murder ballad, it is an exploration of shame, portraying a pedophile and child molester
Punish_(song)
1969 song by the Rolling Stones
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. The song is a loose biography of Albert
Midnight_Rambler
2017 single by Tay-K
This was due to his escape from house arrest while on trial for capital murder charges in Texas. Tay-K makes references to this during the song, with the
The_Race_(Tay-K_song)
2012 song by Bob Dylan
using the pseudonym Jack Frost. "Soon After Midnight" is a love song/murder ballad hybrid. At less than three-and-a-half minutes, it is the shortest of
Soon_After_Midnight
Traditional song
Child ballad 21) is an English language medieval murder ballad with supernatural/religious overtones. Because of its dark lyrics (implying murder and,
The_Maid_and_the_Palmer
Bob Marley & The Wailers song
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers. The song was first released
I_Shot_the_Sheriff
Traditional folk song
companion. "Child Waters" and "The False Lover Won Back", both murder ballads and Child Ballads, are similar and all four songs may have the same origin. Another
Young_Hunting
2023 American film by Francis Lawrence
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a 2023 American dystopian film produced and directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The_Hunger_Games:_The_Ballad_of_Songbirds_&_Snakes
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