X:100
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Sharp MSS., 4204/. Also in Sharp and Karpeles, I932, I,
O:p. I2(H). Sung by Mrs. Laurel Wheeler, Buena Vista, Va., May 2, I9I8.
N:Cf. also variants of "The Daemon Lover" or "The House Carpenter" (Child #243).
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dm
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w:(Oh) Take the most of your fath-er's gold Like-
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w:wise your moth-er's* fee And two of your fath-er's_
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w:best hor-*ses Come* go a-*long* with me.
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W:
W:Take the most of your father's gold
W:Likewise your mother's fee
W:And two of your father's best horses
W:Come go a-long with me.