332. Michael Roy

 

 

 

332. Michael Roy

'Michael Roy.' Sung by Miss Jean Holeman. Recorded at Durham, July 1922.
This text is practically identical with that given in SRA 12-13.

5
In Lon - don cit - y there lived a maid, And

 

 


she was known to fame;-

 

Her moth - er's name- was

 

Ma ry Ann and hers was Ma ry Jane; And

 

'ry Sat - ur - day morn - ing She

 


And went to mar - ket where

 

ver the riv - er,-


she sold eggs and sau - sa - ges, like - wise liv - er.

 

For

 

i

 

ipir^p:

 

oh! — For oh! — he was my dar - ling boy. — He was the


lad with the au - bum hair; His name was Mich-ael Roy. —

 

For melodic relationship cf. ***SRA 12-13.

Scale : Hexachordal. Tonal Center : c. Structure : abb^ai (4,4,4,4) ; chorus :
b2ai (4,4).