The murder of Maria Marten by W. Corder.
[England? : s.n.,
ca. 1850?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
First line reads: Come all you thoughtless young men, a warning take by me, / And think upon my unhappy fate to be hanged upon a tree; / My name is William Corder, to you I do declare, / I courted Maria Marten, most beautiful and fair.
William Corder murdered Maria Marten on 18th May 1827 at Polstead in Suffolk in what became known as the Red barn murder. Interest in the case was huge and enduring and the story was dramatised for the stage in the 20th century. William Corder was executed on 11th of August, 1828.
In one column.
Marten, Maria, 1801-1827
Corder, William, 1803-1828
Ballads, English
Murder