Siobhán McElduff<p>Enjoying this verse from the Scottish murder ballad 'Jellon Grame'</p><p>My eyes are seething in my head, <br />My flesh roasting also <br />My bowels are boiling with my blood<br />Is that no a woeful woe?</p><p>We just don't write or name ballads like we used to.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ballads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/broadsides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>broadsides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/murderballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>murderballads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotland</span></a></p>