X:23
T:The Seven King's Daughters
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Davis, "Traditional Ballads of Virginia", I929'p. 550(F);
O:text, pp. 7I-72. Sung by Miss Odell Roop, Vinton, Va., September II,
O:I922. Collected by Alfreda M. Peel.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gmix
B | d2 d d2 d | B2 A G2 d |
w:There was a man out in the land, He
eee c2 e | [M:3/8] Hd2 d | [M:6/8] ggg BAB |
w:court-ed a maid-en fair; He prom-ised to take her to
[M:9/8] cBc d3 B2 d | [M:6/8] d2 c B2 A | G3-G2 |]
w:north_ern lands, There the marr_iage should be.
W:
W:There was a man out in the land,
W:He courted a maiden fair;
W:He promised to take her to northern lands,
W:There the marriage should be.
W:
W:"Go get some of your father's gold,
W:Some of your mother's fee;
W:Get two of the horses that stand in the stalls,
W:That stand by forty and three.
W:
W:"Dismount, dismount your milky steed
W:And deliver it unto me;
W:For six king's daughters have I drowned,
W:And the seventh one you shall be.
W:
W:"Pull off, pull off your silky robe
W:And deliver it unto me;
W:For I think it is too costly
W:To roll in the deep blue sea."
W:
W:"If I must pull off my silky robe,
W:Please turn your back on me;
W:For I think it's not nice, you know,
W:A naked maiden to see."
W:
W:He turned his back all unto her;
W:She wept most bitterly;
W:She grabbed him round his thin small waist
W:And tumbled him into the sea.
W:
W:He waved on high, he waved on low,
W:He waved till he came to her (side?):
W:"Take hold of my hand, my pretty Pauline,
W:And you shall be my bride."