"Peter Gray" is an American ballad about a young man whose fiancee is sent out west (Ohio) after her father discovers their plan to wed. The man goes west and is scalped by Indians. The song appears to date back to at least 1858. It was recorded by Burl Ives on March 3, 1941 for his debut album '' Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger''. It has also been recorded by

Ed McCurdy Edward Potts McCurdy (January 11, 1919 – March 23, 2000) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and television actor. His most well-known song was the anti-war "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", written in 1950. Career Born to a ...

and Mike Seeger, and by

Tapio Rautavaara Kaj Tapio Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete and film actor. Life Early years Tapio Rautavaara was born in the municipality of Pirkkala (now Nokia), a suburb of the industrial city ...

in Finnish (1952).

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Burl Ives songs Folk ballads {{Folk-song-stub