EPISODE · Aug 10, 2026 · 3 MIN
Lily of the West - trad.
from Peet Peterman · host Peet Peterman
" Lily of the West " is a traditional English-language folk song, found throughout England, Ireland, Canada, and America. It is about a man who travels to either Louisville or Limerick and falls in love with a woman named Mary, Flora, or Molly, the eponymous Lily of the West. He catches Mary being unfaithful to him, and, in a fit of rage, stabs the man she is with, and is subsequently imprisoned.
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