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(詳細はChild 20, Roud (9 )) is a murder ballad.〔Francis James Child, ''English and Scottish Popular Ballads'', ("The Cruel Mother" )〕 According to Roud and Bishop〔Roud, Steve & Julia Bishop (2012). ''The New Penguin Book of Folk Songs''. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-19461-5.〕 :''Widely collected in Britain and Ireland, and in North America, 'The Cruel Mother' has clearly struck a chord with singers over a number of generations. We will never know quite why, of course, but in performance the combination of the matter-of-fact handling of a difficult subject and the repeated rhythmic refrain often creates a stark and hypnotic tale, which is extremely effective.'' ==Synopsis== A woman gives birth to one or two illegitimate children (usually sons) in the woods, kills them, and buries them. On her return trip home, she sees a child, or children, playing, and says that if they were hers, she would dress them in various fine garments and otherwise take care of them. The children tell her that when they were hers, she would not dress them so but murdered them. Frequently they say she will be damned for it. Some variants open with the account that she has fallen in love with her father's clerk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cruel Mother」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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