The Elfin Knight

X:43
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Eddy, 1939, pp. 4-5. Sung by Mary E. Lux, Canton, Ohio;
O:learned from family tradition.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gmix % Pentatonic ( -6 -7) irregular
G | G2 G B2 A | G2 D G3 | d3 dcB |
w:As you go down to yon-der town, Rose Ma-ry in
d3-d3 | GGG B2 A | G2 D GG A |
w:time,* Give my res-pects to that young la-dy, And
Bdd dcB | BcB B2 G | G2 G B2 A |
w:tell her she is a true lov-er of mine, Give my res-pects to
G2 D GG A | Bdd dcB | ABA G2 |]
w:that young la-dy, And tell her she is a true lov-er of mine.
W:
W:"As you go down to yonder town,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:Give my respects to that young lady,
W:And tell her she is a true lover of mine."
W:(Repeat the last two lines.)
W:
W:He
W:
W:"Go tell her to buy me a cambric shirt,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:Without cither seam or needle work,
W:And then she shall be a true lover of mine."
W:
W:She
W:
W:"As you go down to yonder town,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:Give my respects to that young man,
W:And tell him he is a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to buy me one acre of land,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:Betwixt salt water and an acre of sand,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to plow it with one big thorn,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:Where never has blossomed since Adam was born,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to plant it with one grain of wheat,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:And cover it all over with one big sheet,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:And bind it all up with one humming-bird's feather,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to thresh it against the wall,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:And not for his life leave one grain fall,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him to take it to yonder mill,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:And every grain one barrel to fill,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:"Go tell him that when he's through with his work,
W:Rose Mary in time,
W:To come to me for his cambric shirt,
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine."

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