Worth noting in these threads is the Folkways Album, No. FA 3805, issued in 1960, called "The Unfortunate Rake, A Study in the Evolution of a Ballad," notes by K. S. Goldstein.
I checked several related threads, but didn't note mention of this album. Tracks:
The Unfortunate Rake. Sung by A. L. Lloyd
The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime. E. W. MacColl
The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime. Harry Cox
Noo I'm a Young Man Cut Down in My Prime. Willie Mathieson
The Bad Girl's Lament. Wade Hemsworth
One Morning in May. Hally Wood
Bright Summer Morning. Mrs. Viola Penn
The Girl in the Dilger Case. D. K. Wilgus
The Cowboy's Lament. Bruce Buckley
The Streets of Laredo. Harry Jackson
St. James Hospital. Alan Lomax
Gambler's Blues. Dave Van Ronk
I Once Was a Carman in the Big Mountain Con. Guthrie Meade
The Lineman's Hymn. Rosalie Sorrels
The Wild Lumberjack. Kenneth S. Goldstein
Sun Valley Song. Jan Brunvand
The Ballad of Bloody Thursday. John Greenway
The Streets of Hamtramck. Bill Friedland
The Ballad of Sherman Wu. Sung by Pete Seeger
The Professor's Lament. Roger Abrahams