X:35
T:Strawberry Lane
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Vincent, [1932] p. 19.
N:The yodelling "burden" attached to the tune has been omitted
N:as irrelevant to our concern with tradition.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
B | BBB GGG | AGE D3 |
w:One day I was walk-ing in Straw-ber-ry Lane,
B2 B d2 d | BAG A2 A | BBB GGG |
w:Ev'-ry rose grows mer-ry and fine And there quite by chance a fair
AGE D2 D | EGc BAG | A2 G G2 |]
w:maid-en I met, Who said she would be a true love of mine.
W:
W:One day I was walking in Strawberry Lane, Ev'ry rose grows merry and fine
W:And there quite by chance a fair maiden I met, Who said she would be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee de O leeoo layee de Ay leeoo layee de layee de layee.
W:
W:You'll have for to make me a spiderweb shirt, Ev'ry rose grows, merry and fine
W:And every stitch must be finicle work, Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee de O leeoo layee de Ay lecoo layee de layeede layee.
W:
W:You'll have for to wash it down deep in a well, Every rose grows merry and fine
W:Where never was water and rain never fell, Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee etc.
W:
W:Then up spoke the maid, "Since you're so hard with me, Every rose grows merry and fine
W:Perhaps I can be even harder with thee, Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee etc.
W:
W:You'll have for to buy me ten acres of ground, Every rose grows merry and fine
W:With never a bush nor a rock to be found, Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee etc.
W:
W:You'll have for to plow it all with a deer's horn, Every rose grows merry and fine
W:And plant it all over with one grain of corn, Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee etc.
W:
W:You'll have for to thrash it all in an egg shell, Every rose grows merry and fine
W:And bring it to market where man never dwell. Before you can be a true love of mine.
W:De yodel layee etc.