X:30
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Sharp MSS., 3908/2847.  Also in Sharp and Karpeles, 1932
O:I, p.1.  Sung by Mrs Cis Jones, Manchester, Ky., August 24, 1917.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gmix %Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [Pi 1]
D | BdB AGE | GGE D3 |
w:Go tell him to clear me one ac-re of ground,
B,DD D2 D | EGG A2 G | BdB AGG |
w:Seth-er wood, sale, rose-ma-ry and thyme, Be-twixt the sea and the sea-
AGE D2 D | E2 G ABA | GGE D2 |]
w:--land side, And then he'll be a true lov-er of mine.
W:
W:Go tell him to clear me one acre of ground,
W:Sether wood, sale, rosemary and thyme,
W:Betwixt the sea and the sea-land side,
W:And then he'll be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell him to plough it all up with an old leather plough,
W:And hoe it all over with a pea-fowl's feather,
W:
W:Go tell him to plant it all over with one grain of co
W:And reap it all down with an old ram's horn,
W:
W:Go tell him to shock it in yonder sea,
W:(Betwixt the sea and the sea-land side)
W:And return it back to me all dry,
W:
W:Go tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
W:Without any needle or needle's work,
W:
W:Go tell her to wash it in yonders well,
W:Where rain nor water never fell,
W:
W:Go tell her to hang it on yonders thorn,
W:Where man nor thorn was never seen born,