| origin | Sometimes called """"Boston City"""". The geography of the events in this song would seem to suggest that it has been altered by crossing and re-crossing the Atlantic. While his crime was clearly committed in America the burglar vows that if he had his liberty he would """"shun the robbing of the Munster Bank."""" Frank K. Brown, North California folklorist, identifies the song as an American version of the English ballad """"Botany Bay"""". |