X:105
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Sharp MSS., 4585/3208-9. Sung by Mrs. George McCormick,
O:Garden City, N.C., September 9, I9I8.
N:Sharp's notation was for the second verse.  He did not
N:note how the irregularities of the other verses were accommodated.
M:3/2
L:1/8
K:Gmix % Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [¼1]
G2 AA B2 | d6 BA GG B2 | A2 G4 G2 AA B2 |
w:He foll-owed me up, he* foll-owed me down_ He foll-owed me
d6 BA G2 B2 | A6 G2 AA BB | d6 BA G2 B2 | [M:2/2] A4 B3 A |
w:to my* fath-er's room; I'd not* any* tongue to* say O Nay, And then
G2 AG E G2 E | [M:3/2] D2 E2 G4 B3 A | [M:2/2] G2 AG E G2 E | [M:3/2] D6 |]
w:he came* a court-ing of* me. And then he came* court-ing of me.
W:
W:I'll tell you of a brisk young sailor,
W:And Jimmy his name shall be,
W:He came across the wide ocean,
W:And then he came courting of me.
W:
W:He followed me up, he followed me down,
W:He followed me to my father's room;
W:I'd not any tongue to say O Nay,
W:Nor no wings to fly away.
W:
W:I want part of your father's money,
W:I want your mother's key,
W:And two of the best horses out of thirty and three.
W:
W:I gave him part of my father's money,
W:I gave him my mother's key,
W:And two of the best horses out of thirty and three.
W:
W:He set me up on the milk-white steed,
W:And himself on the iron grey;
W:We rode till we came to the Asia shore
W:Just the length of a summer's day.
W:
W:Get down, get down, my pretty fair maid,
W:And pull the leaves upon the trees.
W:Six fair maids I have drowned here
W:And the seventh you shall be.
W:
W:Turn your back, she said to him,
W:Pull the leaves of the trees.
W:She got him round the middle small
W:And tripped him into the sea.
W:
W:Lie there, lie there, you dirty dog,
W:Lie there in place of me,
W:For six fair maids you've drowned here,
W:But the seventh you shall be.
W:
W:She got up on the milk-white steed,
W:By her side was the iron-grey;
W:She rode till she came to her father's gate
W:Three long hours before it was day.