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Sandy PatonKatie Cruel Katie Cruel American folksong "Katie Cruel" is a traditional American folksong, likely of Scottish origin. As a traditional song, it has been recorded by many performers, but the best known recording of the song is by Karen Dalton on the album In My Own Time. The American version of the song is said to date to the Revolutionary War period.[1] The song is Roud no. 1645.[2] Lyrics This page is a candidate for copying over to Wikisource. The American lyrics appear to contain an oblique story of regret. As given in Eloise Hubbard Linscott's The Folk Songs of Old New England,[3] the full lyrics are: When I first came to town, They called me the roving jewel; Now… (Source: Wikipedia)
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