Come all ye good people far and near, come listen awhile to me

James promises to marry Annie, who is pregnant, and asks her to meet him secretly. When they are alone, he fatally wounds her. She is found the next morning and before she dies reveals the name of her murderer. James is arrested and taken to jail.Laws, ABBB, P38, pp. 270-1; Healey, "The Mercier Book of Old Irish Street Ballads Vol. I", pp. 62-3; Mercer: Peacock, pp. 622-3 ("The Murder of Ann O'Brien")