Apron Strings- Mrs Collinson (Wes) 1909 Gilchrist
[Single stanza with music from Lucy Broadwood Manuscript Collection (LEB/5/157/2). Grainger collected this stanza from her husband in 1905.
R. Matteson 2017]
Apron Strings [second version]- sung by Mrs Collinson of Casterton , Westmorland in June, 1909. Collector: Anne Gilchrist.
When my apron strings were low
My love follow'd me thro' frost and snow,
But now my apron strings are high
My love passes by and never looks nigh.