Non PC folk songs

I am reminded once again of the connecting power of music. Tonight on the last night of the Winter course we gathered around the piano with voice, guitar and fiddle to sing and sway together. Broadway tunes, folk songs, Irish airs and Childe ballads. A disturbing number of the folk songs are all about why or how "I killed my darlin'". Why that should be the most frequently memorialized event of early America beats the hell out of me. It is a bit of a stretch for this group that prides itself on inclusivity and sensitivity but we manage to la la la the parts that offend most.