The children in the wood
Subtitle: Being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children of a deceased gentleman in Norfolk, England, whom he left to the care of his brother ... to which is added a word of advice to executors, &c
Publisher: Sold wholesale and retail by Leonard Deming, No. 1, Market Square, corner of Merchants Row
Published: 1830
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Infanticide; Poetry; Murder; Warnings
Work titles: Children in the wood (Ballad)
Notes: Ten separate editions of this ballad printed in 1800 are noted in Ford, W.C. Broadsides (3014-3022a), which does not record this edition. Deming, the publisher issued broadsides in Boston from 1799 on.

Leonard Deming is listed at this address in Boston directories for 1829 to 1831.

Verses begin : Now ponder well, you parents dear.