The Sea Side; or The Elfin Knight

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T:The Sea Side; or The Elfin Knight
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Broadwood, JFSS, III (1907), p.12.  Sung by Bridget Geary
O:at Camphire Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland, August 1906.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C %Hexatonic ( -7) Ionian/Mixolydian
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w:As* I* roved out (down) by the sea side,
"(b)"G<cd e2 c/d/ | c<GG/F/ G z e/d/ | c>EE/E/ F z E/F/ |
w:Ev-ry* rose grows* mer-ry in* time I* met a litt-le girl, And I
G>AG F z E/F/ | G>FG AGF | G<ED IC2 |]
w:gave her my hand, And I says, "Will you be a true lov-er of mine?
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W:
W:As I roved out by the sea side,
W:(Ev'ry rose grows merry in time),
W:I met a little girl,
W:And I gave her my hand,
W:And I says, "Will you be a true lover of mine?
W:
W:If you are to be a true lover of mine
W:(Ev'ery rose grows merry in time),
W:You must make me a shirt without needle or seam,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:You must wash it in a spring well,
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:Where the water never ran or the rain never fell,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:You must dry it in a hawthorn tree,
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:That never was blossomed since Adam was born,
W:And then you will be a true lover of mine."
W:
W:"Now, Sir, you have questioned me three times three,
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:But I might question as many as thee,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:You must get me a farm of the best land
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:Between the salt water and the sea strand,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:You must plough it with a goat's horn,
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:And sow it all over with one grain of corn,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:You must thrash it in a sparrow's nest,
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:And shake it all out with a cobbler's awl,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:And when you are done, and finished your work
W:(Every rose grows merry in time),
W:You can come back to me, and I'll give you your shirt,
W:And it's then you will be a true lover of mine!"

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