Blues: Songs about murder?

Bob Dylan - The death of Emmett Till [Clip includes testimony by members of the Till family]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywc3YFeMiYE

The Clash - Somebody got murdered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsj2_6_z3Vo

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison blues [I can't believe that no-one's posted THIS yet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsuVuw5JO4

Woody Guthrie - Vigilante man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKbeSPE-uA

Blind Willie McTell - Murderer's home blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoRFR7cJu3A

Cage The Elephant - The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll [Dylan song]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLavas9plOE

The Tom Robinson Band - Blue murder [About Liddle Towers]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOHkW_MnPc

Peter Gabriel - Biko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncVyxQRw70

Mr. Garfield by Johnny Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqWpKATpZg4

Getting Away With Murder — Papa Roaaachhchchc

Can't believe no one posted this up yet...

Mississippi John Hurt - Stagger Lee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4scedJs6hC8

(will always love Lloyd Price's rendidtion) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPutYaGFlE

Frank 'Honeyboy' Patt - Bloodstains On The Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pd3E4zYR8

Doc Watson - Little Sadie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYet4rFpu0

Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas - Bob McKinney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5LBn7laeg

Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E26dBq-98Po

Hare ended up murdering his girlfriend and a cop in real life. He was playing in Muddy Water's band.

Victoria Spivey - Murder In The First Degree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDE0BDZwapI

Skip James - Crow Jane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytVww5r4Nk0

Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blI2dXHyBj0

Blind Willie McTell - Dying Crapshooter's Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmM9CxwgNo

Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash

http://youtu.be/WOHPuY88Ry4

A-Z Blues--Blind Willie McTell

http://youtu.be/hAEZXq4nfDk

22-20 Blues--Skip James

http://youtu.be/obW2spw51qc

Mad Mama Blues--Josie Miles

http://youtu.be/EmU9XYmD378

Butcher Pete--Roy Brown

http://youtu.be/2Fc1wr3dYxU

Hey Joe--Jimi Hendrix

http://youtu.be/LQK1tQWqdhQ

Howlin' Wolf "Killin' Floor"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvwVuOM7aFQ

Howlin' Wolf "Meet Me In The Bottom"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0B1AcDIFWk

Howlin' Wolf "44"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3kK2l4on9w

Freddie King says in a song he asked Wolf why he carried that big knife, and got "Lissen boy, I'd rather go to your funeral any day than have you come to mine."

Johnny Cash "Sam Hall"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_KyPfM1es

I don't see the Josh White version, much more vulgar: "Well, I killed a man 'tis said/ Hell, I split his bloody head, and I left him there for dead/ God damn his eyes"

Johnny Cash "Delia's Gone"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2LuKtckDtQ

Firewater "The Circus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5256hg2dkg

The smell of lilac in your hair

Where the stinging nettles grow

And the lonely rushes blow

I left you in a culvert there

Vicki Lawrence "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8OSGxZavtQ

The Band "Long Black Veil"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-ixeR1sdA

I'll just re-post the songs I posted on my Facebook wall when I heard the verdict...

Only A Pawn In Their Game-Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDThlgXKoM

Too Many Martyrs-Phil Ochs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYK0aUGfB9s

The Death Of Emmett Till-Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzw3vS9vHtQ

(don't watch the video if you're squeamish)

Birmingham Sunday-Richard Farina

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Birmingham+Sunday/3sHX...

I'm Going Down To Mississippi-Phil Ochs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRe2GHwJdd4

Strange Fruit-Billie Holiday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hm5fxJEkY

Micheal, Andrew, & James-Richard & Mimi Farina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06YCqfPwV08

On a more hopeful note...

Peace Will Come-Tom Paxton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tIJEywB4g

Love Rescue Me-The Omagh Community Youth Choir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ohx398P7I

A Change Is Gonna Come-Sam Cooke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-X9JkM9Bgo

death letter blues by son house around 1936 or 36

"Walls of Huntsville" by Cross Canadian Ragweed

"Murder of Crows" by Lindi Ortega