The Ghost of Maria - A Bodleian Ballad Halloween - #8

Only one instance of this ballad in the Bodleian archive:
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/edition/6953

Vaughan Williams lists a few copies:
https://www.vwml.org/search?q=V1903

It is possible that this song relates to the Maria of the 'Red Barn' murder in 1827:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_Murder

Full album here:
https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/a-broadside-ballad-halloween