English Folksongs
English Folksongs
English Folksongs
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MAP SHOWING THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
The thick line, which marks the boundaries of the mountain district, coincides,
approximately, with the looo-foot contour
English Folk Songs
from the
Southern Appalachians
Comprising 122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes
Collected by
Cecil J. Sharp
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
^be IRnickerbocftet press
1917
PUBLIC LIBIUR^
Copyright, 1917
CECIL J,
'
SHARP
The effort that has been made to collect and preserve in permanent
form the folk-songs of England during the last twenty or thirty years
has resulted in the salvage of many thousands of beautiful songs. It
was pardonable, therefore, if those who, like myself, had assisted in the
task had come to believe that the major part of the work had been
completed. So far as the collection in England itself was concerned,
this behef was no doubt veU fo.mded, Nevertheless, in arriving at this
very consolatory conclusion, one important, albeit not very obvious
"
iv Introduction
The present inhabitants of the. Laurel Country are the direct de-
scendants of the original settlers who were emigrants from England and,
I suspect, the lowlands of Scotland. I was able to ascertain with some
often led to a pleasant talk and sometimes to singing and the noting of
interesting ballads. In their general characteristics they reminded me
of the English peasant, with whom my work in England for the past
fifteen years or more has brought me into close contact. There are
differences, however. The mountaineer is freer in his manner, more
alert, and less inarticulate than his British prototype, and bears no trace
vi Introduction
membered, also, that in their everyday lives they are immune frorn
that continuous, grinding, mental pressure, due to the attempt to "make
a living, " from which nearly all of us in the modem world suffer. Here
no one is "on the make"; commercial competition and social rivalries
are unknown. In this respect, at any rate, they have the advantage
over those who habitually spend the greater part of every day in
preparing to live, in acquiring the technique of life, rather than in its
enjoyment.
Ihave dwelt at considerable length upon this aspect of the mountain
life because it was the first which struck me and further, because, without
The Singers and their Songs. I\Iy sole purpose in visiting this
country was to collect the traditional songs and ballads which I had heard
from Mrs. Campbell, and knew from other sources, were, still being sung
there. I naturally expected to find conditions very similar to those
one under the age of seventy ordinarily possesses the folk-song tradition,
I discovered that I could get what I wanted from pretty nearly every one
I met, young and old. In fact, I found myself for the first time in my
life in a community in which singing was as common and almost as
every normal human being can sing just as every one can talk; and
that it is, consequently, just as ridiculous to restrict the practice of
singing to a chosen few as would be to limit the art of speaking to
it
any rate, the only secular music, that he hears and has, therefore, any
opportunity of learning is that which his British forefathers brought with
them from their native country and has since survived by oral tradition.
Introduction ix
saw any one of them close the eyes when he sang nor assume that rigid,
passive expression to which collectors in England have so often called
attention.
X * Introduction
in the course of his song. These are often of great interest and signifi-
cance and sometimes show an inventiveness on the part of the singer that
is nothing less than amazing as, for example, in Mr. Jeff Stockton's
Mrs. Campbell and I have together collected 450 tunes. For the
purposes of this volume, we have selected 325 of these, which are asso-
ciated with 122 different sets of words 55 ballads and 67 songs.
The distinction between the ballad and the song is more or less
arbitrary and is not easy to define with precision. Broadly speaking,
however, the ballad is a narrative song, romantic in character and, above
all, impersonal, that is to say, the singer is merely the narrator of events
with which he personally has no connection and for which he has no
responsibility. The song, on the other hand, is a far more emotional and
passionate utterance and is usually the record of a personal experience
'very frequently of an amatory nature.
to the ear, not the eye. While language appeals primarily to the intelli-
Introduction xiil
gence, its sound acts upon and arouses the emotions, the more especially
when the words have been artfully chosen, thrown into metrical rhythm
and wedded to beautiful music. Of all human creations, language is
perhaps the most distinctive and characteristic; its development has
proceeded step by step with the progress of mankind from the savage to
the cultivated being of the present day and in the course of this evolution
;
xiv Introduction
and
When your heart was mine, true love,
And your head lay on my breast,
You could make me believe by the falling of your arm
That the sun rose up in the West.
contain all the essentials of genuine poetry and, in their feeling, in their
artlessness, in the directness and simplicity of their verbal expression and
the absence of circumlocution, reach a high level of imaginative and
poetic expression.
One curious hiatus in the repertories of the mountain-singers struck
me very forcibly, viz. the total absence of songs of a ritual nature, e.g.
Scales and Modes. Very nearly all these Appalachian tunes are
cast in "gapped" scales, that is to say, scales containing only five, or
sometimes notes to the octave, instead of the seven with which we
six,
If from the white-note scale of the pianoforte the two notes E and
B be eliminated we have the pentatonic scale with its two gaps in every
octave, between D and F and between A and C. As each one of the five
notes of the system may in turn be chosen as tonic, five modes emerge,
based, respectively, upon the notes C, D, F, G and A. The gaps, of course,
occur at different intervals in each scale and it is this distinguishing feature
which gives to each mode its individuality and peculiar characteristic.
The one-gapped or hexatonic scale, and the 7-note or heptatonic
scale are, as we have already seen, derivates of the original pentatonic,
obtained by the filling in, respectively, of one or both of the gaps. Miss
Gilchrist (see Journal of the Folk-Song Society, v., pp. 150-153), whose
very clear exposition of this matter I am in the main following, allows
the lower gap, i.e. between D and F, to be completed by the insertion of
either E-flat or E-natural, and the upper gap, i.e. between A and C, by
the addition of B-flat and by this method she has succeeded in classifying
;
Pentatonic.
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lonian with Bjlj. Mixolydian with Bf?. Dorian with BjlJ ; Aeolian with Bt>.
Mode 3 Mode 4
No 4th. No 7th. No 3rd. No 6th.
Pentatonic.
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No 4th. No 3rd.
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No 7th. No 6th.
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Mode 5
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xviii Introduction
the modal and scale index attached to each of the tunes printed in this
volume. His attention, however, must still be called to two points.
In some tunes it has been difficult to decide with certainty upon the
tonic, for in pentatonic airs, or, at any rate, in these mountain melodies,
the tonic is frequently and patently not the final note of the tune. Airs
of this kind are called "circular, " because the final phrase is fashioned so
that it may lead into the initial phrase without pause or break of con-
tinuity and thus complete the melodic circle. Strictly speaking, the
singer on the final repetition of a circular tune should vary the last
phrase so as to conclude upon the tonic but this singers very rarely do
;
No. 25 is the only tune in this Collection in which this is done.
Again, it will be seen that a heptatonic tune may, so far as its notes
are concerned, be assigned indifferently to one or other of two modes.
An Ionian air, for instance, may belong to Mode I, or Mode 3 ; a dorian to
Modes 2 or 4, and so forth. The true classification in such cases is
determined by detecting the "weak" notes, which, by disclosing the
places in the scale where the gaps originally occurred, will thereby show
the mode, of which the tune in question is a derivative. An Ionian tune,
for example, will be assigned to Mode i if its third be a weak note (as
well as its seventh) , and to Mode 2 if, instead of the third, the fourth be
the weak one. Similarly a dorian air will be classified second or fourth
Mode according as the second or third scale-degree be the weak note.
one type, and that the national type. And this national type is always
to be found in its purest, as well as in its most stable and permanent form,
in the folk-arts of a nation.
Although this theory of nationalism in art is now very generally
accepted, the fact that it is based upon the intimate relationship which
the art of the folk must always bear to that of the self-conscious, culti-
vated and trained individual artist is too often overlooked. But, bearing
this in mind, the significance and value of the contents of such a book
as this become immediately apparent. We talk glibly of the creative
musician, but, however clever and inspired he may be, he cannot, magi-
cian-like, produce music out of nothing; and if he were to make the
attempt he would only put himself back into the position of the primi-
tive savage. AU that he can do and, as a matter of fact, does, is
to make use of the material bequeathed to him by his predeces-
sors, fashion it anew and in such manner that he can through it,
and by means of it, express himself. It is my sober belief that if
a young composer were to master the contents of this book, study
and assimilate each tune with its variants, he would acquire just the
kind of education that he needs, and one far better suited to his
requirements than he would obtain from the ordinary Conservatoire
or College of Music.
Again, the value of such songs as these as material for the general
education of the young cannot be overestimated. For, if education is to
be cultural and not merely utilitarian, if its aim is to produce men and
women capable, not only of earning a living, but of holding a dignified
and worthy position upon an equality with the most cultivated of their
geneiation, it be necessary to pay at least as much attention to the
will
training and development of the emotional, spiritual and imaginative
faculties as to those of the intellect. And this, of course, can be achieved
only by the early cultivation of some form of artistic expression, such as
singing, which, for reasons already given, seems of all the arts to be the
most natural and the most suitable one for the young. Moreover,
remembering that 'the primary purpose of education is to place the
children of the present generation in possession of the cultural achieve-
ments of the past so that they may as quickly as possible enter into their
racial inheritance, what better form of music or of literature can we
give them than the folk-songs and folk-ballads of the race to which
they belong, or of the nation whose language they speak? To deny
them these is to cut them off from the past and to rob them of that
which is theirs by right of birth. To put it another wa}'-, the aim of the
Introduction xxi
educationist should be not to forge the first link of a new chain, but to
add a fresh link to an old one.
'
That culture is primarily a matter of inheritance and not of educa-
tion is, perhaps, a mere truism, but it is one, nevertheless, which educa-
tionists often forget. My knowledge of American life may be too slender
for an opinion of mine to carry much weight, but I cannot withhold the
criticism -advanced
with the greatest diffidence that the educational
authorities of some United States are too ready
of the larger cities in the
to ignore the educationaland cultural value of that national heritage which
every immigrant brings with him to his new home, and to rest too con-
fidently upon their educational system, which is often almost wholly
utilitarian and vocational, to create the ideal American citizen. I admit
that the problem which faces the educationist in America is a peculiarly
difficult one, but it will, I am convinced, never be satisfactorily solved
until the education given to every foreign colonist is directly based upon,
and closely related to, his or her national inheritance of culture.
Of the supreme cultural value of an inherited tradition, even when
unenforced by any formal school education, our mountain community in
the Southern Highlands is an outstanding example. Another, though
negative, instance of the truth of the same principle may be seen in the
contents of a book which Professor Lomax has recently compiled, con-
cerning the songs of the cowboys of Texas.' Let me ask the reader to
compare these with the songs Southern Highlanders. The com-
of the
parison is a fair one, for the cowboys live a communal life almost as
isolated and shut ofE from the world as that of the mountaineers, and
feel, accordingly, the same compelling desire to express themselves in
song. They are not, or at any rate they would not, I imagine, consider
themselves, in any way inferior to their neighbours they are, I take it, ;
less illiterate, while the life they lead is more vivid and exciting and far
richer in incident. Why, then, is it that their songs compare so un-
favourably with those of the mountain singeis? can only be because It
the cowboy has been despoiled of his inheritance of traditional song; he
has nothing behind him. When, therefore, he feels the need of self-
expression, having no inherited fund of poetic literature upon which to
draw, no imaginative world into which to escape, he has only himself and
his daily occupations to sing about, and that in a self-centred, self-
conscious way, e.g., "The cowboy's life is a dreadful life"; "I'm a poor
lonesome cowboy"; "I'm a lonely bull-whacker" and so forth.
Now this, of course, is precisely what the folk-singer never does.
' Cowboy Songs and other Frontier Ballads. Sturgis and Walton, 1916.
;
xxii Introduction
When he sings his aim is to forget himself and everything that reminds
him everyday life and so it is that he has come to create an imagin-
of his ;
ary world of his own and to people it with characters quite as wonderful,
in their way, as the elfish creations of Spenser.
ghany; Miss OUie Henricks of Big Laurel; and Miss Jennie Moor of
Rocky Fork. Nor can I omit the names of some, at least, of those by
whose help and advice I have so greatly profited: Mrs. J. J. Storrow,
who gave me assistance of a most practical kind; Professor Alphonso
Smith, and Mr. John M. Glenn of the Russell Sage Foundation.
C. J. S.
27 Church Row,
Hampstead,
London, N. W.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction vi
Ballads:
7-
8.
Edward
Sir Lionel
....
Lord Randal 22
26
28
9- The Cruel Mother 29
10. The Three Ravens 32
II. The Two Brothers 33
12. Young Beichan 38
13- 43
14. Fair Annie 45
15- Young HuNTmo 47
16. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor 55
17- Fair Margaret and Sweet William 62
18. Lord Lovel 71
19. The Wife of Usher's Well .
73
20.
21. ....
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
....
Barbara Allen
78
90
22.
23-
24.
Lamkin ......
Giles Collins.
.
119
128
130
32. Our Goodman . . 134
XXVI Contents
Ballads Continued
33. The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin
34- The Farmer's Curst Wife
35. The Golden Vanity
36. The Brown Girl .
Songs :
Contents xxvii
.......
243
244
80.
81.
82. George Reilly
......
Locks and Bolts
William and Nancy
245
248
249
83-
84. Lazarus ........
Johnny Doyle
.....
251
253
85.
86.
87.
.....
Black is the Colour
.......
The Single Girl
John Hardy
255
256
257
88. Betty Anne 259
89. My Boy Billy 260
90.
91.
92.
Soldier,
......
Won't You Marry me?
SWANNANOA ToWN
The Keys of Heaven
. 262
263
264
93-
94.
95-
Putman's Hill
The False Young Man
Pretty Peggy
.... 268
269
274
96.
97. ....
My Parents Treated Me Tenderly
The Sheffield Apprentice
'
. 276
278
98.
99.
The Broken Token
Wild Bill Jones ...... .
.
281
284
100.
lOI.
102.
The Shoemaker
The Brisk Young Lover
Seven Long Years
....
.....
.
.
285
286
288
103.
104. Loving Reilly ......
Come All You Young and Handsome Giels . .
.
289
290
105.
106.
107.
The Awful Wedding
Sweet William ......
Good Morning, My Pretty Little Miss
292
293
296
108. My Mother Bid Me . 298
109.
no.
The Ten Commandments
The Tree in the Wood ....
. . . " .
.
300
302
Nursery Songs:
III. The Farmyard . . . .
"
. . 307
112. The Drummer and His Wife . 308
113- The Bird Song . 310
114. SouRwooD Mountain . 312
xxviii Contents
No. I
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to my school, said the child as he stood. He stood and he stood and it's
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B
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode i. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 2, igif
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1. Get down, get down, get down, says he, Pull off that fine silk
4
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
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rot in the bri - ny, bri - ny sea, To rot in the bri - ny sea. .
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Sung by Mrs. Moore,
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b. Rabun Gap, Georgia. May i, 1910
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I. There was a pro - per tall young man, And Wil - liam was his
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Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
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Sung by Mrs. Nancy E. Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode i. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 8, 1916
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I. She mount -ed on the milk-white steed And led the dap -pie
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grey, And when she got to her fa - ther's house It was
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one long hour till day, till day, It was one long hour till day.
No. 3
Earl Brand
A
Sung by Mrs. Polly Shelton
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. at White Rock, N. C, July 28, 1916
{a)
O rise you up, ye sev'n breth-e-rens, And bring your sis - ter down ; It
nev-er shall be said that a stew-ard's son Had ta - ken her out of town.
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B
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. i, 1916
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Earl Brand
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Earl Brand
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Sung by Mrs. Moore,
Penatonic. Mode 3. Rabun Co., Georgia, in May, 1909
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Earl Brand
15
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No. 4
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j - ver the rose-ber - ry.
We'll take it
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and we'll make harp strings.
We'll take them and we'll make harp screws.
B
Sung by Mr. Wesley Batten at Mount Fair,
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lived an old la - dy in the north country, The bough has been to me, There
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lived an old la- dy in the north coun-try, She has daugh tcrs
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be
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natural and the F's sharp.
17
The Two Sisters
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lived an old lord by the north - ern sea, Bow down, There
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lived an old lord by the north ern - sea, The boughs they bent to me. . There
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lived an old lord by the north ern - sea. And he had daugh-ters one, two, three.
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That will be true, true to my love, Love and my love will be true to me.
18
1
The Two Sisters
D
Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b Sung by Mr. Nuel Walton
(mixolydian influence). at Mt. Fair, Va., Sept. 26, 1916
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20
The Cruel Brother
21
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No. 6
Lord Randal
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Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 3, 191
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make my bed soon, For I am sick - heart - ed and I want to lie down.
22
Lord Randal
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I. It's what did you eat for your break-fast, Jim - my Ran-dal my
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Lord Randal
D
Sung by Mr. William F. Wells
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Swannanoah, N. C, Sept. 9, 1916
(^)
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t4: 4r-d- 4=t
1. Where have you been a rov - ing, Jim - my Ran - dal my
-<5>-
^^
son ? Where have you been a - rov - ing, my old - est dear
lf=^-
i one? I've been out court - ing,
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soon, I'm sick to the heart and I want to lie down.
24
Lord Randal
^
Pentatonic.
I. O
Mode
where have
3.
you
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been,
t^
Lord Ran
at
-
Habersham Co., Georgia, June 2, 1910
dal
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my son.?
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O where have you
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st P -^
make my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart And fain would he down.
25
No. 7
Edward
A
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Heptatonic. Mode 4, a + b (mixolydian ). at Hot Springs. N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
I. Howcome that blood on your shirt sleeve? Pray, son, now tell to me. It .
is the blood of the old grey - hound That run young fox for me.
26
Edward
B
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. atCarmen, N. C, Aug. 28, 1916
ipafc^
:Sfi
^^^-
t=^ .tzzztz:
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what will you say to me? I'll set my foot on yon-der lit -tie boat, I'll
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sail a - way o - ver the sea, I'll sail a - way o - ver the sea.
27
No. 8
Sir Lionel
I^ :P^'P=P= 3^ t:
:4=i: -t/ t/-
I. Ban - gry Rew - ey a - court - ing did ride, His sword and pis - tol
Fj:
:T :4=t
by his side. Cam bo - key quid - die down, quill o - quon.
() (^)
^0
2 Bangry rode to the wild boar's den
And there spied the bones of a thousand men.
B
Sung by Mrs. Betty Smith and Mr. N. B. Chisholm
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 27, 1916
iW^
I. There is a wild boar in these woods, Del- lum down,
=t=^
g
^- I
eat your meat and suck your blood. Del - lum down, del - lum down.
28
No. 9
I. She laid her self all a-gainst the oak, All a -long in the Lude-ney
Rather faster
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i^:
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r- I
And first it bent and '^hen it broke, Down by the green-wood side,
B
Hexatonic. Minor mode Sung by Mrs. MooRE
( Aeolian influence, no 6th ) at Rabun Co., Georgia, May i, 1909
F#H-^^J
^P
s
^
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1
I. Christ-mas time is a roll-ing on, When the nights are long and cool, When
E n 15:
4-^^ ^* ^
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three little babes come run-ning down And run in their moth-er's room.
29
i 6
^
I. babes, babes, if you was mine. All a -lone, a - lo - nay, I'd
frM g|p^fl
fi^^^ r J ,^:^^=T^j3
dress you up in silk so fine. All down by the green-wood side-y.
D
Heptatonic. Mode i, Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm
a -|- b (mixolydian ). at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 21, 1916
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El
All a long and a - lo - ney, I would dress you in the
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U
Sung by Mr. RiLEY Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 2 at Alleghany,N- C, Aug. 29, 1916
(c)
M3^ :t5=^
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I. dear moth-er when we was there, All a - long, a - long - ey. You'd
. ^'^^
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ifh^
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neith -
f
1
er
d
dress
1
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1
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m
us coarse nor
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1
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fine.
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Down by
1
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the green-wood
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side
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31
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No. lo
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I. Three old crows sat on a tree, Just as black as crows could be.
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t=t=^
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old he - crow says to his mate What
: shall we do for meat to eat ?
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32
No.
^
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I. Mon day morn
- - ing go to school, Fri - day eve - ning home.
i^ Broth -
^
er,
-^
comb my
- 4
sweet-heart's hair
4 4.
As
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we
^
go walk
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ing home.
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B
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Smith
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b (ionian). at Charlottesville, Va., Sept. 25, 1916
:i :* fe^ :s;' 5^
I. Two broth-ers they have just re-turned,Their pleasures are all sin -cere. I
=i=q=i
p iE^i^^S
want to see my pret - ty Su - sie, The girl I loved so dear.
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34
6
I. One eve ning, one eve - ning, Two broth -ers gone from school. The
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old - est said to the young - est one : Let's take a wras - tie fall.
(a)
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Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b Sung by Mr. Ozzo Keeton
( mixolydian ). at Mount Fair, Va., Sept. 26th, 1916
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charmed the birds all out of their nests. And charmed young John all
u
n
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6
E
Sung by Mrs. Carrie Ford
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 18, 191
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37
No. 12
Young Beichan
mp2^
Pentatonic. i, a ( no 6th ). at
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fine as a - ny you should see; He'd ga - thered all his
Young Beichan
Who's there, who's there {or O yes, O yes), said the bold, proud
porter,
Who knock so hard fain would come in ?
39
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Young Beichan
B
Pentatonic. Mode 3. Sung at Hindman School, Knott Co., Ky., 1907
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gree ; He became un - ea - sy, dis - con- tent- ed, Some fair land,some land to s.
40
1 ;
Young Beichan
=1
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I. Lord Bates - man was no - ble - man, val - iant
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t- t &
sol - dier he set sail. He put his foot in - to some lit - tie
I
boat And de-clared some strange land he'd go and see.
41
Young Beichan
D
Sung by Mrs. Tom Rice
Hexatonic. Mode i, b. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 17, 1916
m^
I. They bored a hole in his left shoul - der And nailed him
Pi^ -S'-r-
^TW^
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down to the wood, They give him noth - ing but bread and
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e:
I. Lord Bates -man was a no - ble young man And as fair a
^
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as you'd wish
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to
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see, And he
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put
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his
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foot
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V
on a lit - tie
#boat
m
- en, And he vowed some strange land
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he would
go
and see.
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42
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No. 13
I. As
:f=^
Jo - seph
=t== ^^'^
and Ma - ry
!i
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were
a
1
u-
- walk- ing
r-
the
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green,
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seen. They was ap - pies and cher - ries plen - ty there to be seen.
{a) ib)
43
:
B
Sung by Mrs, Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode 3 at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
{a)
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d:
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g! 4= S*^^ :::i=
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Ife^i^^^l
Mary and Joseph 6 The cherry tree bowed down,
Were a-walking one day. It was low on the ground ;
The Lord spoke down from Heaven, 9 Then Joseph took Mary
These words he did say All on his left knee,
Bow you low down, you cherry tree, Saying Lord have mercy upon me
:
44
;
No. 14
Fair Annie
Sung by Mrs Jane Gentry
Penta tonic. Mode 3 at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24. 1916
{a)
ifc
-4'
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Jz
^t= =f=
twelve months and one day. It's twelve months be roll - ing round, Fair
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It: ^-
55 II
An- nie thought the time be-ing long. home. And we'll have Lord Thomas burned.
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2 She took her spy glass in her hands
And out of doors she went
She looked to the East, West, both North and South,
And looked all under the sun.
45
1
Fair Annie
Before I go away.
46
No. 15
Young Hunting
A
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Hexatonic. Mode 2, a. at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 25, 1916
:^==^
^- 5
I. Come in, come in, my pret - ty lit - tie boy. And stay this night with
:^
5 5 I
give up to thee, I will give it up to thee.
47
:
Young Hunting
B
Sung by Mr. Floyd Chandler
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 29, 1916
(a)
fciS*
J ^ m- 3^
^ -^ ^
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I. Come in, come in, my own true love, And stay all night with
i ^ ^5^^ :^
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^3
give up to thee, And I'll give it up to thee.
(a) (0
i ^m ^
4=t
48
^
Young Hunting
(a)
:i ==^
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I. Come in, come in, my old true love, And stay all night with
I I ^ -z z, D
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I
give it up to thee, thee, I'll give up to thee.
(a)
f*
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2 I can't come in, nor I'm not coming in
To stay all night w'ith thee,
For I have a wife in the old Scotland,
This night she waits for me.
Young Hunting
D
Heptatonic. Major Mode Sung by Mrs. Orilla Kekton,
( mixolydian influence ). at Mount Fair, Va., Sept. 26, 1916
^
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d
La-dy
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ii
Mar-g'retwas a
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bed, She
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33
and
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1
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think that it was her broth - er John,broth-er John, Coming in from his wild
ml ^ ^=h=^i
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hunt. But who should it be but her true love Hen - e - ry, Re
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turn - ing from his
^
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his King,
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Re - turn - Ing from his
^
King.
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2 O light, O light, love Henery,
And stay all night with me,
And you shall have the cheers of the cheer {or cheery) cold girl,
The best I can give you.
3 I will not light and I shall not light
To stay all night with thee,
For there's a pretty girl in Merry Green Lea
I love far better than thee.
50
:
Young Hunting
E
Sung by Mrs. Sotherland,
Pentatonic. Mode i. at Carmen, N. C, on Oct. 3, 1914
& ^ --^--^
m^
W^Come in, come
:f=
-A N-
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me; And all those cost - ly cards that I wear a-round my waist I'll
m^ :^:
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free - ly give them un - to thee,thee,thee,ril free - ly give them un-to thee.
Young Hunting
:4=f=h=zt:
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I. Come in. m, lov - ing Hen - ry, said she, And
53
Young Hunting
54
No. i6
1.
^^
Lord Thorn- as he was
:^=t
^3^
-7S>-
^m^^s^m
hall. Come rid-dle to me, my mo -
s
ther dear, Come rid -die
V=^=^
to me as
4:
A:
one.
I
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2 Or shall I marry fair Ellendry now,
Or bring you the brown girl home ?
Or shall I marry fair Ellendry now,
Or bring the brown girl home ?
3 The brown girl she has house and land,
Fair Ellendry she has none.
My request is to you, my son.
Go bring the brown girl home.
55
^u 2
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
B
Sung by Mrs. Moore
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b ( Ionian ). at Rabun Co., Ga., May 2, 1909
fi=:^ ^ p ^-^p=
=^
N- =iP^
mz=^ -
V t=t=&
'
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t^ i^:l
I. O mo-ther, O mo - ther, go roll a song, Go roll a song as
1
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8:
1 ^-ir-fj- ti I
1^
:=tc m
one, . . Which had you ra - ther, I'd mar-ried fair El - len, Or
bring the brown girl home, home? Or bring the brown girl home?
56
Lord Thomas and Fair EUinor
57
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
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Sung by Mrs. Mandy Shklton
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 11, 1916
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I. Lord Thorn - as he a brave young man,
(a) ^ ,_2_3
N-
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keep - ing of all king's hall Fair El - len - der
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gay young la - dy, Lord Thorn - as he loved her dear.
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i
I
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Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode i. at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
S^EJ S8
I. Come well to me. dear moth er, he says. Come well me your de -
{a)
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bring you the brown girl, home,home,home, Or bring you the brown girl home.
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I. Lord Thom-as,Lord Thom-as, is this your bride ? I think she's mis - er - a - ble
59
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brown ; And you could have mar - ried as fair a skinned girl As
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IS=^
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I
ev - er the sun shined on, shined on, As ev - er the sun shined on.
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Sung by Mrs. Kate Campbell
Hexatonic. Mode i, a. at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 21, 1916
{a) _
V
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V-
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:t=tn
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I. O moth-er, O moth-er, O mother, says he, Pray tell your wil - ling mind.
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1
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Wheth-er I must mar - ry fair El - Hng - ton. Or bring the brown girl home.
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60
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[. I'll rid - die to you, my youn ger son, And ad
d
:J^3:
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vise you all as one . The brown girl she's got house and home, Fair
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El - lin - der she's got none. Fair El - len - der she's got none.
J
Sung by Miss Della Moore
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Rabun Co., Ga.
p-^ -j
^
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had you ra- ther, I'd mar-ried fair El -len, Or bring the brown girl home? The
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brown girl she
t:
has house and land, Fair El - len - der she has none ; There
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Sung by Mrs. Isabel A. Dame
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. (Mass.), in 1914
fct =^^
ii &=k: ^ 3
1 . Lord Thom-as he was a bold for - est - er, A hunts- man of the King's
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No. 17
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I. Sweet Wil - liam he rose' in the month of May, He a
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long, long love has been Be - twixt La - dy Mar - get and me.
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2 No harm, no harm of Lady Marget,
Nor she knows none by me,
But before tomorrow morning at eight o'clock
Lady Marget a bride shall see.
B
Sung by Mrs. Louisa Hensi.ey
Heptatonic. Mode 4, a + b ( dorian )*. at Clay Co., Ky., 1910
:=fc-
igiazi-^ ^r-^
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I. La-dy Mar-gret was sit-ting in the new church door. A- comb-ing her yel-low
S Fs=
W
iffi
hair And down she threw her high -row comb. And out of the door she sprung.
64
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f=^
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1. As she was sit- ting in her dow - er room, A comb -ing
- back her hair. She
d: =&
t4^ =i ifcut
4 i^
4
saw sweet William and his
4-
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Fair Margaret and Sweet William
D
Sung by Mrs. Rosie Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 8, 1916
:?s=:t:
atzt
pray will you tell me that long, long love Be-tween La - dy Mar-gret and you.
67
; ;
68
Fair Margaret and Sweet William
Eii^
1. La - dy Mar - gret was sit - ting in her dow - er room.
comb -
u
ing back her hair ;
t-^
She Sweet Wil - liam and his
i
new wed - ded wife As they drew to her.
W- ^ 1^-i^-
-JtzztL
O down she threw her i - vo - ry comb. And back she toss'd her
When the night was spent and the day com - ing in And the
69
Fair Margaret and Sweet William
--t
^
most of them was a wake, Sweet Wil Ham a rose with
^
all - - -
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70
No. i8
Lord Lovel
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 3, 1916
I. Lord Lov - el was at his gate - side, A - cur- ry - ing his milk-white
l. ^
steed; Miss Nan -
53^
cy Bell come
:i--
i
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r- m
2 Where are you going, Lord Lovel ? she says,
Where are you going ? says she.
I'm going to ride my milk-white steed
Some foreign country to see.
71
Lord Lovel
72
;
No. 19
?3=i
I. She had - n't been ried but a ve - ry short
-A ^ a
t^
time Un - til chil - dren she had three ; She sent them
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h
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out to the north coun - tree To learn the gram - ma - ree.
73
The Wife of Usher's Well
B
Sung by Miss Linnie Landers
Pentatonic. Mode 2. at Carmen, N. C, Sept. 5, 1916
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^
1 . They had - n't been there . . but a ve - ry short time, Till
4=:
3^
chil - dren they had . three. They sent them a
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2 They hadn't been there but a very short time,
Scarcely six weeks and three days,
Till sickness came into that old town
And swept her babes away.
74
The Wife of Usher's Well
8 Dear mother, dear mother, it's the fruit of your poor pride heart
That caused us to lie in the clay.
Cold clods at their heads, green grass at their feet.
^ > s ^
2=i: :d=
^
I, There was a la - dy and gay was she And chil - de
S2
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t? f/
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ren she had three. She sent them a - way to the west - era coun -
=^=F I
try To learn all gram - ma
D
Sung by Mrs. DoRA Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 2. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 15, 1916
F^il
A
Pret - ty Pol - ly had - n't been mar - ried but ve - ry short
r=
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^
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time. When she had her three lit - tie babes ; She sent them a
m -(-T-
way to
P
the North coun
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try To learn . . their gram-ma - ree.
m
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I. Come in, come in, my
it
is ^ife^
me ; We will nei - ther eat, sweet Mo - ther dear, Nor
iw ^- 5^
to him we must join, And to him we must join.
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Sung by Mrs. SusAN Sawyer
Pentatonic. Mode 4, b (no 2nd). at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
F^fe
^m a:
a=i=^-:^^r
I. There was a la - dy lived in York Those chil-dren she had
^=^
a^iz^Z^T g^ :^^=^^
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three ; She sent them off to some north coun - try To learn their gram-ma - ree.
77
No. 20
I. One day, one day, one high hoi i - day. The ve ry first day in the
t:
year, Lit - tie Matth - y Groves went to the church. The
4:
d=d=i :d:
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Ho - ly Word to hear, hear, The Ho - ly Word to hear.
B
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. VIode 3. at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
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5
all, And
wife
she
And
was
she
the
was
fair
the
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fair -
of
est
them
of
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all.
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2 Little Matthy Groves was a-standing by ;
80
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
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The next come down was dressed in red, The next come down
^in
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green, The next come down was a pret - ty lit - tie Miss, Dress'd
(a)
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s
fin - er than a ny queen, queen, Dress'd fin - er than a ny queen.
81
1
D
Sung by Mr. Hilliard Smith
Pentatonic. Mode 3. atHindman, Ky., Aug. 10, 1909
blue, The next came in Lord Vanner's wife. The flow - er of the view.
84
;
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
^ ]S=Ep==:p=P=
^: :t=tA:
I. It's ho - li- , ho - li- , ho - li - day, The ve - ry first day in the
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year. Lit - tie Matt - hy Groves he went to the church, The
t
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2 If I am Lord Thomas's wife,
tt
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home; He's gone o - ver yon - der to yon bright church The
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d= i
Ho - ly Word to hear, The Ho - ly Word to hear.
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85
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I. Ho - 11-, ho - 11-, ho - li - day, On the ve - ry first day of the
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5 ^- s
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87
;
4 I am darsing of my life,
Or is my tavern run ?
88
6 ^
H
Sung by Mrs. Jas. Gabriel Coaxes
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Flag Pond, Sept. i, 191
:t=t jv-1
Se5
2=i=bi :^= :j^ 4- 4 4 ^ #
I. One ho - 11 - day, one right- eous day, One hoi - i - day in the year, Lit -tie
d^
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Matthy Groves went out to church,The righteous word to hear,Thc righteous word to hear.
89
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No. 21
Barbara Allen
IS: 1^1=
i I. In
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m^ dwel-ling ;
^
The on - ly
-
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Al-len.
90
1 ;
Barbara Allen
B
Sung by Miss FLORENCE MacKinney
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Habersham Co., Ga., May 28, 1910
^m &
^ s ^=t UtL
I. 'Twas in the mer - ry month of May, . When ail gay flow - ers were
^^h to=5
^=i
bloom-ing.Sweet William on his death-bed lay, For the love of Bar - b'ra Al-len.
91
2
1
Barbara Allen
:2:
I. One cold and cloud- y day in the month of May.When the ros - es was a
a
^ =i=#=
-*^- -zi ;2z^^ -ei- I
bud -ding, A young man lay on his death-bed In love with Bar-b'ra El-len.
92
;
Barbara Allen
A kiss or two -
93
; :
Barbara Allen
D
Sung by Mrs. Ellie Johnson
A
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
(a)
=1:
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I. Sweet Wil - liam was down to his dwell to - day, He's
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la dies all, He slight - ed Bar b'ra El len.
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2 There stands three young ladies so fair.
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:d2
I. All in the month, the month of May, The
Si^=t3^ 5^
green buds they were swell - ing. They swelled till all pret - ty
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S I
birds chose their mates And Bar - ba - ry her Sweet Wil - liam.
95
21
Barbara Allen
96
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2=^=^3:3:
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I. 'Twas in the mer - ry month of May, The green buds were swel- ling, Poor
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97
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Barbara Allen
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1^
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I. All in the mer ry - month of May, When green buds they were swel - ling, Young
1^
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Jem - my Grove on his death- bed lay For love of Bar - b'ra El - len.
H
Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 21, 1916
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Barbara Allen
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tr- f'^-tt-
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;2 ^=F=p=^ ^^j=t :4=^
t=t=^ -(S'-T-
99
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Giles Collins
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I. George Col - lins come home last Fri - day night, And
^ 2^E
there he take sick and died And when Mrs Col - lins
tr-
1=T w
heard George was dead, She wrung her hands and cried.
100
1 ; 1
Giles Collins
B
Sung by Mrs. Hester House
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a + b ( no 6th ). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 16, 1916
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I. George Col- lins came home last Friday night And then took sick and died. His
c
Sung by Miss Mary McKinney
Pentatonic. Mode 3, b (no 6th). at Henderson Co., N. C, 19 14
I.
^
George Col - lins came home
:1:
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-t
there took sick and died And when Mrs Col - lins
101
;
Giles Collins
m heard George was dead, She bowed her head . and died.
g
D
Sung by Mr. Dana Norton
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1916
(")
i
E^fi=>
George Col
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George
I. George Col - lins on one win - ter night, - lins so fine,
gw
Col - lins on one win - ter night Was ta - ken sick - en and died.
102
d
Giles Collins
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(a)
^ (^)
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fe-^ m
Sung by Miss Viney Norton
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 16, 1916
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tS3 -p--
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I
let me comb lit - tie George's hair For I know he'll nev - er comb mine.
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103
No. 23
Lamkin
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode 3 ( Tonic A ). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 12, 1916
(a)
^ -J^^
^ :i
1^
I. Bold Dun -kins was as fine a ma- son As e - ver was un - der the
t
sun,
^
(0
And he
^
pay
:i
he got
1^
none.
(a)
^ i
(*)
(c) Sung thus only once
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i^
Si ^ t
-.Mnut
I
2 But bold Dunkins crept in
105
^
No. 24
I. Hold up your hands and Josh-u - a, he cries, And wait a lit - tie while and
f
e^ :n=^: :MzzMz S
w ^. .^ .,. .0. m
see. I think I hear my fa- ther dear Come lum-ber-ing here for to see.
(a-)
B
Heptatonic. Mode a -f i, b Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner
( mixolydian influence ). at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
iw^ 4: ^ A*
I. Hold up your hand. Josh ay, she cried, Wait a
106
;
^
Pentatonic. 3.
ftE
I. Hang-man,hang-man, spare my life, Just spare my life a mo- ment; I
-N N
S3 it:
I
think I hear my fa - ther com- ing A man -
y, a man y - a mile.
107
The Maid Freed from the Gallows
D
Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Woodridge, Va., Sept, 27, 1916
(^)
W ^
I. Hang -man, hang-man, hold your rope, And hold it for a - while; I
m think
(a)
I see my fa
M
-
(l>)
ther
Mrs.
com -
:^
ing
Betty Smith's
From a
version
long ma - ny mile.
M * iP3
2 Father, father, have you any gold ?
Gold for to set me free ?
Or have you come to see me hung
Beneath the gallows tree ?
108
;
No. 25
Johnie Scot
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 25, 1916
^^
3,
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2^ :t=t
-j
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I. When John - ie Scot saw this big, broad let - ter. It caused him for to
fm^ ^^^==t
smile, But the ve - ry first line that he did read, The
^ $:
^
tears run down for a while. But the ve - ry first line that
j
g times V Last time
^^^
he did read, The tears run down for a while. land.
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No. 26
Sir Hugh
Sung by Mrs. Swan Sawyer
Pentatonic. Mode 3 ( no 6th ). at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
t^
^=4=^
-=^(^)-
3. Bu - ry my bi - ble at ray head, My prayer-book at my
m feet.
5?-
-(^)-
When the
:^:
schol - ars
esee^
calls for me, Pray
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Ill
.
No. 27
^5^^
2_^
I. It was late in the night when the squire came home En
^M
w quir ing for his la
4^
-^
4 =1: -5f- '-M
i re - ply: She's gone with the gyp - sen Da vy.
dia
-^
^=: I
Rat - tie turn a -
gyp - sen, gyp - sen, Rat - tie tum a -
gyp - sen Da - vy.
112
;
B
Sung by Mrs. Mary Norton
Hexatonic. Mode i, b. at Rocky Fork, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1916
gone with the gyp-sy Da - vy, She's gone witli the gyp-sy Da - vy.
:i ^- :d=
-t^
'^
I. Go catch up my old grey horse, My blan-ket is so speed -y, O; I'll
113
The Gypsy Laddie
{a)
:i
ride all night and I'll ride all day, Or I'll o - ver - take my la - dy, O.
(f)
II
D
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
^^
2=l?i:
I. When Lord Thom - as he came home En - quir - ing for his
114
^ 6
--N- L
^-=^
gone with the gyp - sy Da vy. All .
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^=i==i^^^=^= ::2: is
i-
N-
&. -4 * 3=S3EE:EjE^;t^^.=3E^
lip - to tal - ly bo - ney hair, hair, All lip - to lad - dy.
:^=:i:
^9,-0- i^
I. I once had hous - es, rich - es and lands, I once had mon - ey plen - ty ; But
1^-1^
ai -m ^ -m J L^i
now I've come to an old straw pad And the gyp-sies all a - round me.
Da
Rat - tie tum a gyp - - sy, gyp - sy. Rat -tie -turn a-gyp - sy - vy.
lis
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The Gypsy Laddie
F
Heptatonic. Mode 3, Sung by Mrs. Sarah BucKNtR
a + b (Ionian ). at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
E33^ :^
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It's come go back, my pret - ty lit - tie Miss, It's
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pret - ty lit - tie Miss, You nev - er shall lack for mon - ey.
:j=:=:i= ^ 0-
it'lf^^EEJ
Fi^-
2=t
Then he went un - to the house En - quir - ing for his la - dy The;
-\=^\=-- m m y 1 1
an - swer that she made to him : She's gone with the black - boy
m
E#^i^ ^
^-=f-
zi: ^---# I
Da - vy Ta - de - ra etc.
116
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No. 28
Geordie
A
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b Sung by Mr. William F. Wells
(Tonic A). at Swannanoah, N. C, Sept. 9, 1916
u.
'm ;E^E
a=J: :pi2
I. As I crossed o - ver Lon - don's bridge One morn-ing bright and
:^ ^:
=i=l"
^ -^^g^r=J^ i^nufc" :tzt^.-Ti:4
I
=P=
ear-ly, I spied a maid for-bide the way La- ment-ing for poor Char-lie.
( 2D Verse)
n
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2:
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117
Geordie
B
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry ,
3:
=^:
-'5'-^-
^
\^
I. As I went ver Lon don's bridge One morn
- - ing bright and
ear - ly, I saw a maid for - bide the way La-ment-ing for poor Char-lie.
B: -^-v- . #-.^^-
I. She sad-died up her milk-white steed. She rode bright and gai-ly, She
m. -V \^-
V-
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rode till she came to the king's high court, La-ment-ing for poor Char-lie.
118
No. 29
tr-
I. If you could have mar ried the King's daugh - ter dear, You'd
-\
-Xp=X^
bet- ter have mar - ried her, For I've late - ly got^mar - ried to a
J2=q^i
house-car
f-
-
^
pen ter And
:^
(a) ic)
ii
"= "F Ssrr-
m^- JKlMut literally thus.
5 They had not been on the sea more than two weeks,
I'm sure was not three.
it
119
The Daemon Lover
12 They had not been on the sea more than three weeks,
I'm sure it was not four.
Till the ship sprung a leak, to the bottom it went.
And it went to rise no more.
B
Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 18, 191 6
=E
B3 E P
met, well met, my old true love, Well met, well met, says he, I've
i ^ i
2 We've met, we've met, my old true love,
120
The Daemon Lover
damsel began
Till this fair for to weep.
s
I. Well met, well met, . . my own . . true love, Well
121
; ;
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pi^
w- :i=J= -7^
And I have got one hundred and ten neat young men
All alone for to wait on thee.
D
Sung by Mr. Wm. Riley Shelton
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 29, 191
-P=P ^
met, we've met once more; For I've late - ly crossed this
^izife?
S h
^-- I
salt wa - ter sea And it's all for the sake of thee.
123
^
The Daemon Lover
5 If I forsake my house-carpenter
And goes along with thee,
Pray tell me the wealth you have on board
To keep me from slavery ?
6 I have three ships all sailing on the sea,
All making for dry land,
And besides three hundred jolly sailor boys,
You can have them at your command.
7 She catched her tender little babes in her arms,
Kisses give them, one, two, three.
Saying : Stay at home with your papee,
I'm sure he'll be good to thee.
^^^3^e^ ^ t-
I. Well metjWell met, my own true love, It's well met,said he. I've just re
124
The Daemon Lover
:4=?F:
We've met, we've met, my own true love, We've
^
met, we've met once more. I've late - ly crossed the
-^=^. 5 H
salt wa - ter sea And it's all for the love of thee.
?P^
We've met, we've met, my own true love. We've
Sii^ ::i=a-
V
met, we've met once more. I have late - ly . . crossed the
:i?.:r
--^ ^
^
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!
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salt wa - ter sea And it's all for the sake of . thee.
125
The Daemon Lover
H
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 12, 1916
H=^
4=t:
O come you home, my
M^^
own true love, O come
:E^t L=^:
you home from sea?
t^
It's
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1 ST
^
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iw -i f-
=^^^= ^=i^ i -^- -iS'-^
I
house - car - pen - ter And I think he is a nice young man.
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4
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literally, or
^^^^^B
Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b Sung by Mrs. Hester House
( inixolydian intluence ). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 15, 1916
"4:
i Well
V-
?^F 5 t!=|5:
i met, well met, says he. I've just re -turned
^
from the
^^
i ^
p^ ^ ^ ^
salt wa - ter sea And it's all for the sake of thee.
{a)
#^rni^==^ |
126
1
J
Sung by Mrs. Anelize Chandler
^
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 28, 1916
g^ i=^
We've met, we've met, my true love, We've
d2:
.t
-^-i-
-4 -
:^p=i:
salt wa - ter sea And it's all for the sake of . you.
K
Sung by Mrs. Addy Crane
Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b (Ionian). at Flag Pond, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1916
SE^^ ^i=ir.
^^^^^
are you weep - ing for my gold, Or is it for my store, r is it
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i ^*-^\
h
4
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1 1
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for your house-car - pen - ter Whose face you shall see no more?
127
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No. 30
m
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1^
:^
a:
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>-
I. All on one sum-mer's eve-ning when the fe - ver were a-dawn-ing I
-fS 1 : , S^ r [N ^ -
t ^- /!==# 1^
^
^
heard a fair maid make a mourn. She was a-weep-ing for her fa - ther and a -
i
W^- i 1^=^ :^^=|!c
:^
-t^-^-i-
^ "-s-
griev-ing for her moth-er, And a - thinking all on her true love John. At
^
last John - ny came and he found the doors all shut, And he
low Then
S ^^
_ ^ ^
^
maid she rose
ding - led so at the ring. this fair and she
hur - ried
^ ^
on her clothes To make haste to let John - ny come in.
2 All around the waist he caught her and unto the bed he brought her,
And they lay there a-talking awhile.
She says : O you feathered fowls, you pretty feathered fowls,
Don't you crow till 'tis almost day.
And your comb it shall be of the pure ivory
And your wings of the bright silveree (or silver grey).
But him a-being young, he crowed very soon,
He crowed two long hours before day
And she sent her love away, for she thought 'twas almost day,
And 'twas all by the light of the moon.
128
The Grey Cock
129
; : ; ;
No. 31
:^=
^:
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m
I. Come you peo -pie old and young, Pray don't do as I have done; Pray
I^ ^z^
::&
s m
let your child ren have their
- way For fear that love breeds a de - cay.
130
- 1
B
Heptatonic. Mode i, a -(- b Sung by Mr. T. Jeff .Stockton
(mixolydian ). at Flag Pond, Tenn., .Sept. 4, 1916
I. Sing court ing, court ing, courting C2\n{sic) ,But all the court - ships
{a)
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1 \
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1
V
as her
came to know, They sent her three hun - dred miles or more.
But little did she know he'd come from the grave.
132
The Suffolk Miracle
^
Here's your moth - er's cloak and your fa - ther's steed, 've
I''
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^- 3t=t 2-^~ J=Z-jtL
come for you with - in great speed. And when her old un - cle to
-^^
this he un - der- stood, He hoped it might be for her good.
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=t
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133
No. 32
Our Goodman
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode 3 (no 6th). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 16, 1916
i 6#
Epa &3 -<s^
-751-
beat me with the pok - ing stick when I come home at night.
m^ 2. Old wo -
si-
^^
#
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Hors - es in the sta - bles where my mules ought to be.
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1^^
You old fool, you blind fool, it's fool, can't you
:=1:
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mam -my
^
see? It's noth-ing but some milk - cows your sent to me.
more,
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Sung by Mrs. ToM Rice
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. at Big Laurel, N.C, Aug. 18, 1916
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6 I'll tell your daddy and mammy and all your kin,
How you tanned your wether's skin.
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Sung by Miss Mary Large
Pentatonic. Mode 3 (no 2nd). at Lee Co., Ky., June, 1916
137
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was a man lived in the West, Dan du, dan du - ah, There
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139
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Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm '
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140
The Farmer's Curst Wife
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Then she up with her foot and kicked eleven in the fire.
141
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Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner
Pentatonic. Mode 4. at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 18, 1916
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No. 36
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And she sent for this young man that she was to deny.
He says : Am I the doctor that you have sent for.
Or am I the young man that you once did deny ?
Yes, you are the doctor can kill or can cure
And without your assistance I'm ruined, I'm sure.
145
6
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Sung by Mrs. Tom Rice
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 17, 1916
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don't you re - mem - her when I court - ed thee ? I court- ed you for
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love, you de-nied me with scorn, And now I '11 re- ward you for things past and gone.
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Sung by Mr. Wm.'Riley Shelton
Mode at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 29, 1916
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No. 37
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cakes and wines for you, young man, Eat and drink we're ble.
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Sung by Mr. T. JefF Stockton
Hexatonic. Mode 2, b. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1916
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The Trooper and the Maid
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cakes and wines for you, young man, To eat and drink we're a - ble.
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In Seaport Town
Sung by Miss Stella Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 3, b (no 6th). at Alleghany, N. C, July 29, 1916
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151
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Sung by Mrs. Gosnell
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b. at AUanstand, N. C, Aug. 4, 1916
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Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. atCarmen, N. C, Aug. 11, 1916
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Heptatonic. Mode 4, a -|- b Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
( mixolydian '.
at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 191
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boy, . Who was their daugh - ter's dear - est dear.
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No. 39
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ne - ver will do, For I am too young to get mar ried to you.
154
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter
B
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b Sung by Mr. T. Jeff Stockton
( with sharpened 7th ). at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1916
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wealth and her beau - ty no tongue could I tell. She
She turned her head and her grave she there spied,
Saying Is this the bright bed for which me you've provide
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155
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter
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rings up- on her fin - gers, her 11 - ly white hands. O Pol - ly, O Pol - ly, O
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Pol - ly, said he, Let's take a ht tie walk be - fore mar - ried we be.
156
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter
How can you kill a poor girl that loves you so dear ?
5 O Polly, O Polly, we have no time for to stand.
He drew his revolver all out in his hand.
He shot her through the heart which caused the blood to flow.
And into her grave her fair body he did throw.
He threw her in the grave, straightway he did run,
Left no one to weep but some small birds to mourn.
D
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b Sung by Mr. W. Rtley Shelton
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He led her through hedges and mire so deep. At length this fair
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Sung by Mrs. Addy Crane
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1916
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store ; And her rich - es was so great that they scarce - ly could be
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told, But yet she loved a sol -dier boy be - cause he was so bold.
But he drew his pistol and sword and caused them to rattle,
And the lady held the horse while the soldier fought the battle.
161
The Lady and the Dragoon
B
Heptatonic. Mode 4, a + b Sung by Mr. T. Jeff Stockton
(mixolydian) at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 1916
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dwell, And he had lit - tie nie and the tai - lor loved her
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well, And he could not step more than one inch out of the
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163
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Till the weight of the little tailor boy made him lie it down.
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all my plea-sure turned to woe, And all my plea -sure turned to woe.
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When I was a bachelor bold and young,
I courted a girl with a flattering tongue ;
165
The Holly Twig
The ruby and the booby and two little devils came,
They carried her off in a fire of flame.
166
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No. 44
Polly Oliver
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode 3 at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 4, 1916
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No. 45
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And you . . go there this night And un - til mom - ing be.
169
6
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Sung by Mr. T Jeff Stockton
Pentatonic. Mode 4. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 6, 191
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Miss Em - 'ly was a maid so fair. She loved her dri - ver boy. He
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drove the mail some gold to gain, Way down in the low lands low.
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I. Young Em - 'ly was a maid so fair, She loved dri
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gold he gained by driv-ing in the main Down in . the low - lands low.
171
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Edwin in the Lowlands Low
D
Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at BlackMountain, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
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boy, Who drove the stage, gold for to gain, Down in the low-lands low.
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172
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No. 47
Awake ! Awake
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. i, 1916
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I. A- wake a ! - wake you drow-sy
! sleep-er, A-wake ! a -wake! it's al - most
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day ; How can you lie and sleep and slumber And your true love go-ing far a- way?
173
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Awake ! Awake
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Sung by Mrs. Anelize Chandler
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 28, 1916
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doors and win - dows? Who's there, who's there? in grief, cried she.
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4 My daughter's busy
And can't come in to thee
Before I go away.
176
The Green Bed
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No. 49
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walked out on his farm, He whis-tled and he sang as he
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maid, come - ly maid, 'Twas by chance that I spied a come - ly maid.
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2 Saying : Supposing you fall in love and your parents won't approve,
Straightway they'll send you to sea.
They'll press force against you and hurry you away.
And send you to the wars to be slain.
5 O she threw it on the deck and caught him round his neck,
And she kissed him till she brought him safe on shore,
Saying : The bells may loudly ring and the fair maids may sing
I'll get married to the lady I adore.
178
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No. 50
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I. John - son said to Dick - y One cold win - ter's day: For to
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let's go ride the moun - tains For to pass the time a way.
179
The Three Butchers
B
Sung by Miss Linnie Landers
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Carmen, N. C, Sept. 5, 1916
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I. Dick -
y said to John - son One cold win- ter's day: Let's
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180
No. 51
William Taylor
Sung by Mrs. ROSIE Hensley
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 28, 1916
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Tay - lor Who sailed way the ther year.
181
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dog and her gun ; And she hunt - ed all a - round where the
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farm- er he did dwell, Be -cause in her heart she loves him so well.
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picked
As came a-hunting with my dog and my gun
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Returning back home with her heart all filled with love,
Put out the new oration that she had lost her glove.
And if any man will find it and bring it to me,
Him I will marry and his lady I will be.
182
The Golden Glove
B
Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm
( ionian ). at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 27, 1916
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No. 53
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great. And she fix - ed her eyes on a bold Eng-lish soldier, Says:
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perbadus lady, a |
perbadus lady,
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perbadus |
lady was deep to de- |
ny.
But in old English |
land I |
vowed to a lady,
And I
at my re- |
turn I must make her my |
bride.
3 She I
dressed herself in |
many rich 'tires
And I
in costly |
diamonds she plaited her |
hair
A hundred of |
slaves she |
took to wait on her
And I
with her two |
maidens she went to him |
there.
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perbadus lady, a |
perbadus lady,
A I
perbadus |
lady was deep to |
deny.
But in old English |
land I |
vowed to a lady.
And I
at my re- |
turn I must make her my 1
bride.
184
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6 Whilst I
he was a-sailing back |
to his true lover,
She I
wrote a |
letter to the boatswain her |
friend,
7 For the |
sake of the money and for the |
wit of the beauty,
As I
they were a- |
lonely the same did com- |
plete.
8 In the |
dead time of night when they |
all lie a-sleeping,
A I
trouble it |
did to her window appear.
Saying : Rise you up |
here, it's |
here, pretty Nancy,
And I
'fer to the |
vows that you made to your |
dear.
9 She I
raised her head off her |
soft downy pillow
And gazement ( casement ) she did ap-
I
straight to her j |
pear,
And the moon being bright and so clearly shining
| | |
10 O I
yes, dearest Nancy, I |
am your true lover,
I
Dead or a- live you know you're my own. | [
11 O I
yes, dearest Jemmy, I'll |
soon be a-going,
I'll
I
soon plunge |
into your arms a- |
sleep.
12 Then |
he was tried for the murder
at the sea-side |
And I
arms he was hung for the same
at the ship's | | ;
And the old man's heart was broke and he died for | |
his daughter
Be I
fore the ship into the harbour it came. | j
185
:
No. 54
d:
d=S:
^^ JttL
-#=^-
S^ =F=
:^ It -y \/-
daugh - ter, her beau - ty shined bright. She lov - ed a port - er and to
d^
JLzit
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:e^'
pre- vent the day Of mar-riage, they sent this poor young man a - way.
186
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For the hopes of your long life, love, I will die first.
16 Says the captain : You may now all hold your hand,
We all hear a gun, we are near ship or land.
In about half an hour to us did appear
A ship bound for London which did our hearts cheer.
It carried us safe over and us safe conveyed,
And then they got married this young man and maid.
187
6
B
Sung by Mrs. Tom Rice
Hexatonic. Mode 2, a. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 17, 191
--^
d=d===i=4 =i: ES3^^^3
I. O now says the Cap -tain : Let's cast lots and see A-mongstthe whole
n]: d:
:t i :=t:
:t i 4==
ship's crew who the but - cher will be. A-mongstthe whole ship's crew this
:^
^5E=^=^.=d==="
:&
=F=f= =^=
izr
I
maid was the last And she must die . . to feed all the rest.
;
No. 55
^ I. Jack went
V
a - sail -
V-
ing
:?==f:
With
:
^=-^--
::l=i==^: :=^: = :i
r-
leave his na - live coun - try And his dar - ling dear be
im
hind. Sing
-25^
B
Heptatonic. Mode 2, Sung by Mrs. Combs
a -j- b (aeolian ). at Knott County, Ky., August, 1908
tW^^
!2:
-4=^z =F^=r
I. There was a weal - thy mer - chant, In Lon - don he did
i\
-251- -# 3: -r
truth to you I'll tell, O the truth to you I'll tell.
6 O daughter, O daughter,
If you will quit that boy to-day,
I'll pay him forty shillings
To bear him far away.
190
1 ;; :
Among wounded
the dead and
Her darling boy she found.
17 She picked him up all in her arms
And carried him to the town,
Enquiring for a doctor
To heal his bloody wound.
191
;
^2z=t :t=^ S^
I. There was a silk mer - chant In Lon don
- town did dwell. He
-^c=i=
^
i had one
i=E
on - ly
-25*-
Si :^ I
tell. Sing li H. H, O, O li U, li - U, O.
192
Jack Went A-Sailing
D
Sung by Mr. N. B. Chisholm
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a.* at Woodridge, Va., Sept. 23, 1916
^^3^=4
gra J^^^^=====^====^==f=r=^===P=F
Jack he went a - sail - ing.With trou - ble on his mind, To
* If A be tonic : Mode 2, a.
193
Jack Went A-Sailing
im f=ji -z^ :i
leave his own dear coun - try, His dar - ling dear be - hind, And
g am left
-7^
194
SONGS
195
:
No. 56
S
I. O once I court - ed pret - ty lit - tie girl And I
g
loved her as my
-f5'-=-
-p
life.
f=
I'd free - ly give my heart and hand
^
To have
w=^ ^ i I
made her my wife, O to have made her my wife.
197
:
B
Heptatonic. Mode 2, Sung by Mrs. Addy Crane
a -}- b ( aeolian ). at Flag Pond, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1916
:#: =t
4izt
I. I used to have a sweet- heart And I loved her as my
gW- d=
^ {c)
sir
^
made her for my wife, To have made her for my wife.
m I
198
;
I once knew a pret - ty girl And I loved her as my life, And I'd
4
:p^i==p:
S3
free- ly give my life to make her my wife, O . to make her my wife.
O do come again.
199
No. 57
;j= -5?-
I^ZZZ^
What you did tell set - ting by my
-i ^ ^
side? You told me that you loved me so plain - ly in your
heart, Ex
^P^- cept - ing
=#P=
rest.
I
\0) ( Secant^ and subsequent stanzas )
:*
i
^ way to geth - er, to - ge - ther we did
i
Ep -25l
^^ r-
# :i
I
go. Here comes her old fa - ther this for to know.
B
Sung by Mr. T. Jeff Stockton
Heptatonic. Mode 4, a + b at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 4, 191
l^ :i
:^
I. Now once I did court a most charm - ing beau - ty
:^=li
w
li
My true love's in her silent tomb and I wish I was there too.
201
6
ki^ - d -(-
:2=^ -G-
Don't you re - mem - ber last Fri - day night What you told me when
LL ^7\ ,
^
iW- -9-
T=
-
d dr
^m breast, Ex - cept - ing we got mar - ried, no more can you rest.
{a)
^ d-^^ d- -si
d d d d
i-^r^ Si * ft
iw - *- - s
day and I court - ed her by night. I court - ed her for love, And
d- 5 ^ -^si- <5) -
I
love I did ob - tain, And I am sure she had not a right to com-plain.
^ d it
*^ a-
Off to the
:j
war.
J
to
^-
(a)
years I served all in pain, Three long years re - turned home a - gain.
: #^!^^
203
6
No. 58
[2z X
I. I once did have a dear com- pan - ion; In - deed, I
i
E#
-(2-
thought his
S love my
->9-r-
own, Un - til
t:
a black - eyed girl be
s>-^ -?=^-
t^
204
^
No. 59
3E^
^ ^
^^
O . don't you re - mem - ber on the rock -
y moun - tain top, When
^-- ^
we sat side by side ? O . . then you pro - mised to
=i
i^
'-
1^
^
^-
:!l:^jt=^z=4^=^
^if -<5*-v
= i i r h
ap ^ f=r^
-^-bt
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then you pro-mised to mar - ry me, And be no o - ther one's bride.
20s
6
No. 60
f4: -^
p
d ^-
->9- :^==
4=
fight. I . . want to be with you From mom - ing to
Refrain
t==^= =i^
^
-9 (Si-
3: I
W
m.
me go with you? O
-K^-
No, my
-<5'-i-
No.
), Won't you let love,
2 O Johnny, O Johnny,
I think it's you're unkind,
When I love you much better
Than all other mankind.
206
6
The refrain is repeated after each stanza, the third line of the stanza in each case
forming the first tine of the refrain.
B
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 12, 191
i lA
4=t
The war was a - ra - ging, Young John - ny
3^3E
has to
=M: ipii m^ -^ - *~
fight, And I long to go with him From morn - ing till
^fel
-^' i^ i^
k -^
so.
O .
s
O
-g^
No, my
--
love,
m
No.
207
; 6
No. 6i
Mm S=i
jv^rir
for
*-
{a)
^ ^ p-
^
while; I'm go - ing a -way, but I'm com - ing back If I
a
S^
y^ 4=
-tr w
go ten thousand mile.
208
;
The True Lover's Farewell
B
Sung by Mrs. Sulvaney Ramsey
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. i, 1916
m ^=i=it
>=^:
:j:
t=F=t:
'^^^-
=i
O don't you see yon tur - tie dove, Lament - ing on yon
-
-\ w
1
I. So far a - way from friends and home,There's one so dear to me, There's
^^ -^ ,-
:P=-J:
f=-^ :1^
one for e - ver in my mind, And that fair one is she, And that fair one is
-giii^.
j^
-*!-
t. ;b
she, There's one for - e - ver in my mind,And that fair one is she.
209
The True Lover's Farewell
D
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b Sung by Mrs. Carrie Ford
( with sharpened 7 th ). at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 18, 1916
^- ^E 7=^^:jh}-i *
-t5>-i
210
N
No. 62
Katie Morey
>A^i=^. ^i^t
I. Come youngjCome old, come all draw nigh, Come lis - ten to my sto - ry. I'll
^ -#-=-^-f*-
E
tell you what a plan I've found To spoil Miss Ka - tie Mo - rey. My
(a)
I
I
-A- :t:
4
:4:
Katie Morey
B
Heptatonic. Mode 3, Sung by Mrs. Hester House
a + b (no 6th j. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 15, i9i(
-^
& -^ =1 j-
=F --VElt^ ltd
I. Come all you fair and ten - der la - dies, Come lis - ten to my
i=3 :^
^
&::M
^
sto - ry, I've laid for to fool Miss Ka - tie Mo - rey. To my
g :A=rt
t^ fct
1
lie twad -de - ling die - ay, To my lie twad-de - ling die
ott ^_ ^ I
/V'T
(i\ ^1
m P P f P m r^ '
1
1
m P 2, ^ m n
\(\
J^l m
\
^_ \ 1
1
1 A
'J
\
1
A
2. He went un - to her fa - ther's house, Just like a cle - ver
:fa=i
S=, ^ ^^
a
fel - low. He told her that the grapes and plums Were get - ting ripe and
^
mel - low.
-fs
To my
N.
lie
fc^
twad-de- ling die -
4:
ay,
-A
^=^
To my lie twad-de- ling die
d:2z^
:
- o.
m
T/ie rest of the verses are sung like the second verse with the exception of the fourth,
in 7vhich the first four lines are sttng as in the second verse and the remaining three as
in the first.
212
;
Katie Morey
213
^ ^
No. 63
l H
-
J
h
d ^ :&
zzit
:fci:
Lord ! I mar - ried me a wife, She gave me trou - ble all my
:^
ntZit
i^
-f ^- V-
r-
life ; Made me work in the cold rain and snow, Rain and
F^l
a^ ^: &
itiit -7^
I
snow, rain and snow, Made me work in the cold rain and snow.
&
-
->-? I
214
No. 64
4-* 3: -^
^-it ^bzt
I. On top of old Smo-key, All cov - ered in snow, I
2 Sparking is pleasure,
Parting is grief,
215
1 I
B
Sung by Miss ZiLPHA Robinson
Pentatonic.
I. I am
Mode
tzt ^
.
2.
:i
So oft
I
#-^-
-
I
I
:|^=^
:B =F=^
i
A \
:l3t ^z
s -#-^
night and by day, And now for to leave me he's go - ing a - way.
3 My horses are not hungry, they won't eat your dry hay.
So fare you well, loving Nancy, I have no time to stay.
Your horse is to saddle, your wagon's to grease,
Come sit you down by me before you do leave.
216
^ ; ;
5 Some day they will rue it, but they will rue it in vain,
r-
- Hi: ^^^S
^^^ I
well to . . John-ny Car - gill, I'm go- ing for to leave you.
^0
2 I came to his city
To stay for a while.
I left my dear people
A many of a long mile.
217
; ;
D
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode i. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
d: d\z
-* - -j^ -k U-
=S-=P=
1
>, N-
mom-ing in May, I met as fair dam - sel as you e - ver might see.
5 Your horses is not geared up, nor your whip in your hand,
Come set you down by me, just at my command.
My horses is geared up, my whip in my hand.
So farewell, pretty Nancy, I've no time to stand.
218
;
219
No. 65
-N N-
^Z
i2z=^ tt=F t^=' -25)-
I, O don't you re-mem - ber on yon green moun -tain, Where I and
^^
d2:
tie birds
^ was sweet -
i-tt
ly
^^
ffi
^=^r~T^ - =t i
smg - ing And e - ven, too, the lit tie doves ?
(a)
,d2
gfcl: :^ 1- I
-g- -
B
Pentatonic. Mode I. Sung by two girls in Knott Co., Ky.
=t
'd=d:
i^: -0 0-
1. Come all you young and ten - der la - dies, . Take warn - ing
^ I N -N -r^^ N-
-^^S^
how you court young men. They're like a bright star in a cloud -
y
N-
::i=t :t:
:t: i. ^1
morn - ing; They'll first ap - pear and then they're gone.
g S:
=F=
-i5'-j- si ^
--^^
I. Come all you fair and ten- der la - dies, Be care-ful how you court young
:i -^ m-
<2-
-
:
rJ d &A I
men. They're like a star of a summer's morning,They first appear and then they're gone.
221
i _ ;
t
-%J= ^ i s
. I
ir>
-4 ~- '
:z5^
^^ -*2^ ^
i
men.They're like a star in a sunlight morning; They'll first appear and then they're gone.
% -
If I
Mode
-U ^-^
had
4, a.*
a -known be - fore
^-
I'd
at Hot
a -court- ed
^
Springs, N. C, Sept. 12, 1916
it up
S
with a sil - ver pin.
* If C be tonic :
Mode 3, a.
222
;
No. 66
Ibby Damsel
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 8, 1916
:=1= :?c*"
JJ-
yji gEEE^
fcEi
I. Some old Ro - bin Down they call me, But I'm a weav - er by my
^p^^^
^
trade
:t:
Ib-by Dam-sel
i^P
my heart betrayed.
223
;
No. &]
anasome Sally
Hand;
Sung by Mrs. ToM RiCE
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 16, 19 16
PiE&^ 3^ s
I. My fa-therowns a large es - tate, He's willed it all to me of
e 3
late, And mas-ter of it you shall be If you con -sent tomar-ry me.
224
;
No. 68
-=^Eii
I. Sweet Wil - Ham went to Pol ly To give her to un - der
{a)
H-J- -^ . ^ f f f9^-^-
=2=^:r=tia 4^m P
Stand That he had to go and leave her To go to a f or-eign land.
('0
\rK
S?
^^
2 O stay at home, Sweet William,
O stay at home, said she
stay at home. Sweet William,
And do not go to sea.
9 O my charming Polly,
These words has gained my heart,
And we will have a wedding
Before we ever part.
226
;
No. 69
Hicks's Farewell
Sung by Mr. Silas Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 2. at Spillcorn, N. C, Sept. 6, 1916
(a)
I. The time's been sweet I've spent with you, The time's beenrol- ling by, . But
(^) , , ,
*s
m^ -(^-
^^
1-
:i
-I ^ <&-
-1^
00 r.
ib)
A X
i
--
;h
227
; ; ; ;
No. 70
Poor Omie
I. You
=F=^=^
pro-mised to meet me
^
2=?.=S
at A dams
- - 's spring ;
p
Some
s^ =^=
:t:
2ifc
ii ^:
i^:
I
mo - ney you would bring me, Or some oth - er fine thing.
2 No money, no money.
To flatter the case,
We'll go and get married,
It will be no digrace.
5 O Omie, O Omie,
I will tell you my mind
My mind is to drown you
And leave you behind.
6 O pity 1 O pity 1
7 No pity, no pity,
No pity have I
228
Poor Omie
B
Sung by Mrs. Riley Shelton
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 29, 1916
m^ 1^-
^=PEE3E3
What a sor - row - ful dit - ty of poor O - mie Wise, How she got de
lu -
-^ ^^^-^
ded by George Lew - is - 's lies; She pro-mis'd
i^ it=t
she'd meet him at
(a)
i -T5*-
_H-^_u
EE tti -0 ^ S^
A - dams - 's spring Some mo ney - he'd give her and oth - er fine thing.
229
! p 6 '
Poor Omie
a^
i'^)
=^
3= sy
i*&
^4=*=^
-f=Jltl
f=t=^^p=^=u^
^7p=
sJit -^ ^
He kicked her, he choked her, as we un - der - stand,Then throwed her in deep
WT^ m 1^ M
^
1
d
-
f -^rt* h
_3stit_-^ V
b
^W^!*- - 1
&> -4 "^
wa - ter be - low yon mill dam. Then O - mie were mis - sing . and by
i =F^t=
^ ft-
3 ^ ^Pl
no means could be found, And peo - pie to hunt her they all gath- ered round.
230
^
No. 71
^#
Y^^=^-9-
^^ ^ ' -j-0 :ij:
^g=w^
I. I am a gay young gen - tie - man from old Vir - gin - ia came, I
=E=EEE ^ ^-
i^
court - ed a fair dam - sel and Pol - ly was her name. I
^=F E=^=F V-
^ :p:
gain - ed her af - fee - tion and plain - ly it did show ; But her
-t ^
E=E
:1:
-s^ ^ *
-J-
self - con - ceit - ed bro - ther he . proved her o - ver - throw.
(a)
iw -ri-
I
2 What's the matter, pretty Polly, what makes you look so sad ?
Have I given you any reason, love, or caused you to be mad ?
If I give ycu any reason, love, it never was my intent.
231
. ^ ^
No. 72
^
:=1:
^
# -25*- -4-
=]:
^=^ 3 -^ -
^i= f:
-y-
i break, Who of
t^
ten
-f^
:P
said she would be
B
^^m
(a)
If D be tonic Mode
: 2, a +b ( aeolian )
232
: ; ; ;
B
Pentatonic. Mode 4, b Sung by Mrs. Hester House
(with sharpened 7th; no 2nd). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
^ (*)
:d:
:d:
^1
I. So ear - ly, ear - ly in the Spring, I went on . board to serve my
^r-
;e te -^ #-
f:i 3 S:
3:
-2o i\
King, A-leav-ing of my love be-hind. Who al-ways told me her heart was mine.
l=i;
^S3#3 U ^^1 r Si
233
u 6
=1= -^-
Sweet Wil- liam,don't you cross that ra - ging sea, You can stay at
m& =t ^^^-
:^=tc
V V -iS'-r-
home, Sweet Wil - Ham, with me ; For there are girls in the
m (a)
^ :i
=j:
*i-
^
J=J=M-^
X
i
town more fair than I, Don't cut your ways where the bul - lets fly.
(a)
=1:
:^=H=
:^^5
D
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept, 14, 1916
to serve his
:|M^
^^-
^ P -V
=a=
-3t
King; With an aching heart and a torn-up mind To leave his dar - ling girl be- hind.
234
; ;
No. 73
I. Come all ye young peo - pie and lis - ten to me, I'm go - ing to
gW -
d I d -y V-
E
tell you my sad des - ti - ny. I'm a man by ex - pe rience whose
-(2-
E Pi^^ ^ L g^-
I
fa-vours is won; Love has been the ru - in of ma - ny a man.
6 Just pour out another bowl, boys, we'll drink bumpers round.
We'll drink to the poorest, if they're to be found ;
235
:
No. 74
Betsy
Sung by Mr. Mitchell Wallin
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. N. C, Aug. 4, 1916
at Allanstand,
-^-^W
I. O Bet - be sy la - dy fair, Just sail - ed.
F:;^lji=^^
1
y\w W 4
'
4}j ^^ -
III ^
\ A 1
f? .
'1 h^ - F4
tl^ ^ d
:<^iJ=L= ^. '
1
''r r- 9 - * "1
S
o - ver from Lon don - there. A ser-vant's maid she is
-Tn 3
*2-
^tt#
^
bound to me Which
; suit - ed Bet sy to a high de - gree.
236
Betsy
237
No. 75
ifc
i^ ii=^ ^-
1^=t^
i r=i= ig
Just down yon - der, just down be - low. Thfe old man, old wo - man
^ ^^
gone from the home, And the girls
:
all mad
-A ^-
And
t=^
the
-0- -0-
H
girls all . . mad with their heads not combed.
(a)
j^^iigE^
tan - gle my fin - gers with the
3 They'll milk the old cow and they'll milk her in a gourd
And set it in a corner and covered with a board.
And that's the best that I got there,
All along on a missionary fair.
238
;; ; ;
No. ^^
Pretty Saro
I. When I first came to this coun - try in eight - een and for - ty
pi
tS=i
~^j^
nine, ma - ny fair lov - ers, but I ne - ver saw
3=3
round me, I . . found my - self
:i ^ I
lone, And me a poor stran - ger and a long way from home.
239
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Pretty Saro
B
Sung by Miss Mackinney,
Pentatonic. Mode 3 ( tonic G )
Habersham Co., Ga., May 28, 1910
3 et
-i,-
3? -s if.:=it ~m
=i=J
I . came to this coun - try in . eight - een - for - ty - nine, I
saw so
t=^-
ma - ny lov - ers,
=*IT
^^^
but ne - ver saw mine. I viewed
^^
all
&--
a
-^ :f^
^^=M=M=^zf=M=f^it
i^:
:i]
round me and saw I was a - lone And me a ; poor sol-dier and far from my home.
4 And I wish I was a little dove, had wings and could fly
-,j_,_Lr g d^J-^-
;i :i
^-
1^
^ t
-^5^ m
*Hf
f=t-r
I came to this coun - try in eight-een - for - ty- nine, I saw man - y true
240
^
Pretty Saro
I nev -
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No. 77
My Dearest Dear
Sung by Mrs. Mary Sands
Hexatonic. Mode i, b. at Allanstand, N. C, Aug. 5, 1916
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Fm Going to Georgia
Sung by Miss Stella Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Alleghany, N. C, July 29, 1916
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I. I'm go - ing to Geor - gia, I'm go - ing to roam, I'm
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go - ing to Geor - gia to make it my home.
5 The leaves they may wither, the flowers they may die,
Some young man may fool you as one has fooled 1.
243
No. 79
Harry Gray
Sung by Mrs. Dora Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Alleghany, N. C, Aug. 2, 1916
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Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b Sung by Mrs. Hester House
( mixolydian ). at HotSprings, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
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I. I dreamed of my true love last night, All in my arms I had her, But
when I woke it was a dream ; I was forced to lay with - out her.
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Sung by Mrs. Harland Shelton
Pentatonic. Mode 4.* at Spillcorn, N. C, Sept. 6, 1916
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4 Come all you old and married men, come sit down by me,
And you that are bachelors, take warning by me.
When you go a-courting, don't you court slow,
Don't court no other till she tells you No.
248
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No. 82
George Reilly
A
Heptatonic. Mode 2, a -f- b Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
( dorian ).* at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
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George Reilly
B
Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner
Hexatonic. Mode 3, a. at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 18, 1916
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No. 83
Johnny Doyle
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Sung by Mrs. Bessie Smith
Pentatonic. Mode 3, b. at Charlottesville, Va., Sept. 25, 1916
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252
No. 84
Lazarus
Sung by Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Coates
Hexatonic. Mode i, b* at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. i, 1916
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ly each day And was dressed in pur - pie fine lin - en. . He
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eat and drink, but scorned to pray, And spent his day in sin - ning.
253
Lazarus
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256
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No. 87
John Hardy
Heptatonic. Mode i, a + b Sung by Mrs. Ellie Johnson
|( mixolydian influence ). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 15, 1916
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2 John Hardy's father was a-standing round,
Pray John, what have you done ?
I've killed me a man m the Shunny Camps,
This day I'm condemned to be hung, I do know,
257
John Hardy
258
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No. 88
Betty Anne
Sung by Mrs. Ellie Johnson
Pentatonic. Mode 4, a. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept 16, 1916
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No. 89
My Boy Billy
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plea-sures of my life ; She's a young girl and can - not leave her mam - my.
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260
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No. 91
Swannanoa Town
Sung by Mrs. Sarah Buckner and Mrs. Ford
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
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No. 92
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I. I'll give to you a pa - per of pins, And that's the way our
love be - gins, If you will mar- ry me, my Miss, If you will mar-ry me.
264
The Keys of Heaven
B
Sung by Mrs. Hester House
Heptatonic. Major Mode. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 16, 1916
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265
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mar - ry, mar - ry me, If you will ry
267
No. 93
Putman's Hill
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hughes
Hexatonic . Mode 4, a. at "'Voodridge, Va ., Sept. 27, 1916
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No. 94
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been three quarters of one long year or more Since I spoke one word to thee.
B
Sung by Mrs. Gabriel Coates
Hexatonic. Mode 4, a. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept 2, 1916
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I. As I walked out one morn- ing in Spring For to hear the lit - tie birds sing
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The False Young Man
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sweet, I leaned my-self a - gainst an old oak tree For to see two lov - ers meet.
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leaned my back 'gainst a cot - tage door For to hear what they had to say.
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The False Young Man
D
Sung by Mrs. Sophie A. Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 3, b. at Clay Co , Ky., 1908
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I walked out one bright May morning To hear the birds sing sweet, I
271
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seat - ed my - self in a green sha - dy grove To see two lov - ers meet.
272
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No. 95
Pretty Peggy O
A
Hexatonic. Mode i, a. * Sung by Mrs. Combs, Knott Co., Ky., 1908
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B
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Hexatonic. Mode i, b. at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
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274
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You may dress in your silks and ride the buggy high
Just as grand as any in the country O.
275
No. 96
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I. When I be - came a ro - ver It grieved my heart most sore To
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leave my a - ged par - ents, To ne - ver see them more.
276
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That gave me to understand
That the girl I left behind me
Had wedded to another man.
Ill advanced a little further,
I found the news quite true
I turned myself all round aboul
I knew not what to do.
B
Sung by Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Pentatonic. Mode 2. at Carmen, N. C, Aug. 10, 1916
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steered my course to Lon - don, and bit - ter be the day.
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The Sheffield Apprentice
B
Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
Hexatonic. Mode 2, a. at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 24, 1916
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then I be - came a hired - ed And all my joys were dead.
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Hexatonic. Mode i, a + t> Sung by Mrs. Tempa Shelton
( mixolydian influence, no 2nd). at Spillcorn, N. C, Sept. 6, 1916
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No. 98
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dressed her, Says : My pret - ty lit - tie Miss, won't you mar ry
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Heptatonic. Mode 3, a + b. Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
(with flattened 7th). at Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 25, 1916
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282
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sol - dier, Who just re - turned from the ra - ging sea?
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fair and hand-some farm - er, Who has just late - ly gone to sea.
283
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No. 99
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wild Bill Jones.
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girl, She bid me for to leave her a - lone. I says that my
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The Shoemaker
Sung by Mrs. Carrie Ford
Pentatonic. Mode 3, at Black Mountain, N. C, Sept. 19, 1916
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286
The Brisk Young Lover
B
Heptatonic : Mode i, a + b Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry
( mixolydian ). at Hot Springs. N. C, Aug. 25, 1916
F^ls
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man that won't love me ? O no, O no, that ne - ver can
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I. Se-ven long years I've been bound to my trade, In one more I'll be free.
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I. Come all ye young and hand-some girls, Take warn - ing of a
friend, And learn the ways of this wide world, And on my word de pend.
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No. 104
Loving Reilly
A
Sung by Mrs. MooRE,
Pentatonic. Mode 2. at Rabun Co., Ga., May i, 1909
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I. One night ast I lay sleep- ing, so sound as I did sleep, I
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heard the voice of my true love a - call - ing at my feet, Say -ing:
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Rise up, Wil - liam Ri - ley, come go a - long with me In
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to some for - eign coun - try land, and mar - ried we will be.
Her old father followed after them with seven armed men.
Overtaken was poor Riley with his lovely Polly Anne.
3 And then next morning early the jailor's son come down,
Saying : Rise up, William Riley, your trial is at hand.
Before yon bunch of jurors your you must stand.
trial
6 There is a ring amonst the rest I'll have you for to wear.
The ring has forty diamonds and plaited with my hair.
O when you wear it, Riley, wear it on your right hand.
And think of my poor broken heart when you're in foreign land.
290
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Loving Reilly
B
Sung by Mrs. Hester House,
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 14, 1916
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long to be a - travel - ling for to leave this coun try. For -
id:
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sake my fa - ther's dwel - ling, fine hous - as and rich land, O - ver
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love - ly hills and moun - tains all on the lone - some day.
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No. 105
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I. I'll tell you of aw - ful wed-ding, Where two true
lov-ers proved un- kind. She be gin to re - fleet . . on her for - mer
3:
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stu - dies, And her old true love run strong in her mind.
5 But how can you lie with your head on another man's pillow,
When you proved your love so late to me ?
To bear it any longer she was not able,
And down at her bridegroom's feet she fell.
6 There one thing I do desire,
Perhaps you all will grant me
That is this night to lie by my mother,
And all that love me lie with thee.
292
;
No. io6
Sweet William
A
Sung by Mr. WiLLlAM F. Wells,
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. at Swannanoa, N. C, Sept. 9, 1916
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heart's de - light, Caus - es them for to weep and mourn The
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m
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world that I
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died of love.
293
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Sweet William
B
Sung hy Mrs. RosiE Hensley
Hexatonic. Mode 4, b. atCarmen, N. C, Aug. 10, 191
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My Mother Bid Me
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What is your one ? ( two, three, etc.
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NURSERY SONGS
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No. Ill
The Farmyard
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Pentatonic. Mode 3 (no 6th). at Hot Springs, N. C, Sept. 12, 1916
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variant, a), and so on, ad lib,
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one did - n't love me the o-ther one would, And don't you think my no-tion's good ?
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I Whipped My Horse
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319
No. 121
The Carrion Crow
Sung by Mrs. ToM Rice
Pentatonic. Mode 3. at Big Laurel, N. C, Aug. 17, 1916
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Sung by Mr. Jeff Stockton
Hexatonic. Mode i, b. at Flag Pond, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1916
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NOTES
No. I. The False Knight upon the Road.
Texts without tunes: Child, No. 3. Compare, also, "Harpkin," Chambers's Popular
Rhymes of Scotland, p. 66.
Texts with tunes: Motherwell's Minstrelsy, Appendix, p. xxiv., and tune No. 32.
Child, v., 411.
American variant: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxiv., 344.
The Introduction to version A, "A knight met a child on the road," sung by the singer
by way of preface, is very unusual, if not unique.
Texts without tunes: Child, No. 4. Gavin Greig's Folk-Song of the North-East, ii., art.
106. Miss Burne's Shropshire Folk-Lore, p. 548.
Texts with tunes: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, i., 246; ii., 282; iv., 116. English
County Songs, p. 164. Kidson's Traditional Tunes, pp. 27 and 172. Northumbrian
Minstrelsy, p. 48. Folk Songs from Somerset, No. 84.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xviii., 132 (with tune); xix., 232,
76 (tune only) and 374 (with tune); xxiii., 375; xxiv., 344; xxvii., 90; xxviii.;
xxii., 65,
"My Colleen" in A may, or may not be, a corruption of the May Colvin, Colven, or
Collins of other versions.
57-
Text with tune: Northumbrian Minstrelsy, p. 31.
Compare the refrain in A, "Jury flower gent the rose-berry," with "Jennifer gentle and
rosemaree," in "Riddles Wisely Expounded" {Child, No. I, B).
323
324 Notes
The version given in the text is a close variant of Davies Gilbert's, which, it should be
noted, was collected in the West of England.
No. 7. Edward.
Texts without tunes: Child, No. 13.
The single stanza of B may, or may not, belong to this ballad. Mrs. Hensley learnt it
from her father who often sang this particular stanza, but never, to her recollection, sang
any other lines.
It is worthy of note that versions A and B both contain allusions in their earlier stanzas
to the sweetheart, the cause of the quarrel; whereas not one of the other published texts makes
Notes 325
mention of the sweetheart until the conclusion of the ballad. Mrs. Smith sang her version
(B) to the accompaniment of the guitar which possibly may account for the harmonic character
of the time.
Compare "And you shall have the cheers of a cherry cold girl" of D. 4 with "Ye shall hae
cheer, an charcoal clear" in Child's version K. 4.
Texts without tunes: Child, No. 73. Broadside by Catnach. Miss Burne's Shrop-
shire Folk-Lore, p. 545.
Texts with tunes: Kidson's Traditional Tunes, p. 40. English County Songs, p. 42.
Mrs. Leather's Folk-Lore of Herefordshire, p. 200. Sandys's Christmas Carols, tune
18. Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii., 105; v., 130. Rimbault's Musical Illus-
trations to Percy's Reliques, p. 94.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xviii., 128 (one tune); xix., 235;
XX., 254; xxviii., 152. One Hundred English Folk-Songs (Ditson), No. 28 (with tune).
Texts A and C are remarkable in that the children cite the mother's "proud heart" as
the reason that has caused them to "lie in the cold clay, " a motive which is absent from other
English and Scottish versions.
In a note {Journal of the Folk-Song Society, iv., 106), Miss Barbara M. Cra'ster argues that
this balladand Clerk Colvill are complementary or, rather, that they are both descended from
a more complete form such as that given in Journal of the Folk-Song Society, iii., 299. In the
usual form in which Giles Collins is sung {e.g. the versions given in the text), no reason is given
for Giles's death, and this, of course, robs the song of its point. This omission is supplied in
the version above cited, but so far has not been found in any other variant.
Notes 327
"Taverin" in the text is "Italian," "Tailliant, " "ItiHan, " or simply "champion" in
other versions. Child tlirows light upon the incident by quoting a story (Revd. Andrew
Hall's Interesting Roman Antiquities receyitly Discovered in Fife, 1823, p. 216) in which James
JMacgill of Lindorcs is pardon by Charles II. upon condition of his fighting an Italian
offered a
gladiator or bully. In the contest which ensues, "the Italian actually leaped over his opponent
as if he would swallow him alive, but in attempting to do this a second time Sir James run his
sword up through him and then called out, 'I have spitted him; let them roast him who will.'"
A similar story is related of the Breton seigneur Les Aubrays of St. Bricux, who is ordered by
the French King to undertake a combat with his wild Moor (Luzel's Poesies popnlaircs de la
France, MS., vol. i).
328 Notes
Each of the three tunes. A, B and C, is a variant of the carol air, "Christmas now is draw-
ing near at hand" ( see Journal of the Folk-Song Society, v., pp. 7-1 1).
Notes 329
Texts without tunes: Child, No. 295. Gavin Greig's Folk-Song of the North-East, i.,
"
art. 79. Broadside by Such, "Sally and her True Love Billy.
Texts with tunes: Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, ii., 241.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxvii., 73.
Texts without tunes: Broadsides by Pitts, Jackson & Son, and Bloomer (Birmingham)
Ashton's A Cejitury of Ballads, p. loi.
Texts with tunes: Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, ii., 99. Journal of the Folk-Song
Society, i., 172. Folk Songs from Somerset, No. 83.
American variant: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xx., 262.
Texts with tunes: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii., 59. Journal of the Irish Folk-
Song Society, iii., 25. Songs of the West, 2nd ed.. No. 62. Folk Songs from Somerset,
No. 16. "Molly Ban (pronounced Van) so fair," Petrie's Collection of Irish Music,
Nos. 724 and 1171 (tunes only).
American variant: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxii., 387.
Notes 331
Texts with tunes: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii., 113. Cliristie's Traditional
Ballad Airs, ii., 282 (tune only).
Mrs. Sands's song is a shortened and condensed version of the broadside ballad which
consists of 56 stanzas, 22\ lines! In the original story. Jemmy's love for Nancy of Yarmouth
i.e.
is opposed by her father, who, however, promises his consent to their marriage if Jemmy
returns safely from an ocean voyage. Jemmy accordingly sails for the Barbadoes where his
"comely features" attract the attention, and arouse the love, of the "Perbadus {i.e. Barbadoes)
lady whose fortune was great." Jemmy is constant to his first love, and the Perbadus lady,
thwarted in her desires, commits suicide. Nancy's father, hearing that Jemmy is returning,
writes to his friend the boatswain and promises him a handsome reward if he "the life of young
Jemmy would end. " The boatswain accepts the bribe and "tumbles " the unfortunate Jemmy
"into the deep. " The conclusion of the story is correctly given in the text.
Texts without tunes: Gavin Greig's Folk-Song of the North-East, i., art. 45. Broad-
side by Such.
Text with tune: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii., 22'j.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xii., 249; xx., 270; xxv., 9. Wyman
and Brockway's Lonesome Tunes, p. 38. Lomax's Cowboy Songs, p. 204.
The tune may be a variant of "The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow" (see Journal of the Folk-Song
Society, v., no, first version).
Stanzas 4 and 5 in A occur elsewhere in ballad literature, e.g. "The Lass of Roch Royal"
(^Child, No. 76).
Texts without tunes: Gavin Greig's Folk-Song of the North-East, ii., art. 128. Logan's
Pedlar's Pack of Ballads, p. 29.Broadside by Bloomer of Birmingham.
Text with tune :
Folk Songs from Somerset, No. 70.
In the version given by Logan, the hero is present at the siege of Carthagena. If this is
the correct reading, the ballad must refer to Admiral Vernon's expedition to the West Indies
in 1793.
Text with tune: Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, l, 37.
Christie states that this ballad "is supposed to refer to the return of Ensign Knight to
claim Miss Erskine of Pittodrie as his bride."
Text without tune: Garret's Merrie Book of Garlands, vol. iii.
Text with tune: Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, ii., 243.
American variant: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxii., 397. Wyman and Brock-
way's Lonesome Tunes, p. 34.
Compare last phrase of the tune with that of "Brochan Lorn, Tana Lorn" {Journal of the
Folk-Song Society, iv., 192).
Notes ^
333
This is a modem production despite the "sequence of relatives" and the employ-
clearly
ment two beautiful stanzas (Nos. 7 and 8) from "The Lass of Roch Royal" (see Note to
of the
No. 61). No better proof could be adduced of the way in which the mountain singers have
assimilated and acquired the technique of balladry.
The stanza Ai, B4 and C2 is evidently a reminiscence of a similar verse of "Young Hunt-
ing," from which this ballad has probably been derived. Compare the tunes A, B and E
with those of "The Daemon Lover" (No. 29). The tune of C and some of its words are
reminiscent of "The True Lover's Farewell" (No. 61).
"Pretty Girl of Derby 0," is the name of the air to which Thomas Moore, under the
mistaken impression that it was an Irish tune, set his "Evelyn's Bower." In the set given by
Ford, cited above, the scene is laid in Derby, but in Christie's version and the two variants
noted by Gavin Greig Fyvie is substituted for Derby.
334 .
Notes
Texts without tunes: Gavin Greig's Folk-Song of the Norlh-East, i., art. 45. Broad-
sides by Harkness (Preston) and Pitts.
Texts with tunes: Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, ii., 67. Journal of the Folk-Song
Society, i., 200;
169. Folk-Songs of E71 gland,
ii., ii., 44.
American variant: Broadside by H. De Marsan (New York).
William Carleton published a novel, "Willy Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn, " founded
on this song.
Texts with tunes: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, iii., 296; iv., 281. Songs of the
Text without tune: Ford's Song Histories, pp. 39-47.
Texts with tunes: English Folk-Songs for Schools, 7th ed., No. 3. Journal of the Irish
Folk-Song Society, i., 44.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxvi., 365; xxix., 173.
Texts without tunes: Baring-Gould's Nursery Songs and Rhymes, p. 27. Ford's
Children's Rhymes, Games and Songs, pp. 122-6.
336 Notes
Texts with tunes: English Folk-Songs for Schools, 7th ed., Nos. 43 and 44. Journal
of the Irish Folk-Song Society, iv., 22.Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, i., 178.
Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii., 226. Alclismata. Pills to Purge Melancholy, ed.
1719, vol. i. Baring-Gould's A Garland of Country Song, No. 13. Joyce's Old Irish
Folk Music, p. 331 (tune only). Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time, p. 88.
Airs. Leather's Folk-Lore of Herefordshire, p. 209.
American variants: Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxii., 74 (tune only); xxvi., 134.
Wyman and Brock way's Lonesome Tunes, p. 25.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, F. E. Child, Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston,
Mass., U. S. A., 1882-1898. 5 vols.
Ancient Scottish Ballads, G. R. Kinloch. Longman, London, 1827.
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338 Bibliography
173
Awful Wedding, The 292
Barbara Allen 90
Betsy 236
Betty Anne 259
Bird Song, The 310
Black is the Colour 255
Boatsman and the Chest, The 163
BriskYoung Lover, The 286
Broken Token, The 281
Brown Girl, The 145
Earl Brand 9
Early, Early in the Spring 232
Edward 26
Edwin in the Lowlands Low 169
Fair Annie 45
Fair Margaret and Sweet William 62
False Knight Upon the Road, The i
Geordie Ii7
George Reilly 249
Giles Collins 100
Golden Glove, The 182
Golden Vanity, The 142
Good Morning, My Pretty Little Miss 296
Green Bed, The 176
Grey Cock, The 128
Gypsy Laddie, The 112
339
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Handsome Sally 224
Harm Link 214
Harry Gray 244
Hick's Farewell 227
Holly Twig, The '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'
165
Sir Lionel 28
Index 341
PAGE
Soldier,Won't You Marry me? 262
Sourwood Mountain 312
Suffolk Miracle, The 130
Swannanoa Town 263
Sweet William 293
Young Beichan 38
Young Hxmting 47
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