X:53
T:An Acre of Land
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Vaughan Williams, IFSS, II (I906), p. 212. Sung by Frank
O:Bailey, Coombe Bisset, Wiltshire, August 3I, 1904.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
B | G2 G G2 B/B/ | G>GG G3 |
w:My fath-er left me an ac-re of land
d3 d2 c | B2 c d2 d | e2 e cde |
w:There goes this iv-er-y My fath-er left me an
[M:9/8] dec B3 G2 A | [M:6/8] BcB BAG | E2 F G2 |]
w:ac-re of land, And a bunch of green hol-ly and iv-e-ry.
W:
W:My father left me an acre of land
W:There goes this ivery (?)
W:My father left me an acre of land,
W:And a bunch of green holly and ivery.
W:
W:I ploughed it with my ram's horn
W:There goes this ivery (?)
W:I sowed it with my thimble,
W:And a bunch of green holly and ivery.
W:
W:I harrowed it with my bramble-bush,
W:There goes etc.
W:I reaped it with my penknife,
W:And a etc.
W:
W:I sent it home in a walnut shell,
W:etc.
W:I threshed it with my needle and thread,
W:etc.
W:
W:I winnowed it with my handkerchief,
W:etc.
W:I sent it to mill with a team of great rats,
W:etc.
W:
W:The carter brought a curly whip,
W:etc.
W:The whip did pop and the waggon did stop,
W:etc.