So, although this is an old traditional song, the Dead expanded on this story in other songs like Peggy-o and Lady with a Fan precursor to Terrapin. Stagger-Lee can even be associated by default. In Terrapin, we learn how the sailor won her heart above the soldier in the Lion\'s Den. Peggy-o, he asks for her hand... In Jack-a-roe, she saves him from war. This is only my interpretation. William-o and Billy DeLyon could be the same man... maybe my imagination gets carried away...
So, although this is an old traditional song, the Dead expanded on this story in other songs like Peggy-o and Lady with a Fan precursor to Terrapin. Stagger-Lee can even be associated by default. In Terrapin, we learn how the sailor won her heart above the soldier in the Lion\'s Den. Peggy-o, he asks for her hand... In Jack-a-roe, she saves him from war. This is only my interpretation. William-o and Billy DeLyon could be the same man... maybe my imagination gets carried away...