Down In The Meadow- Jasper Smith (Sur) 1975 Yates
[From Travellers (12TS395, 1979), the recording: My father's the King of the Gypsies.
R. Matteson 2017]
Down In The Meadow- sung by Jasper Smith (1920-2003) of Epsom, Surrey. Recorded by Mike Yates near Epsom, Surrey, probably April 26, 1975.
1. Oh down in the meadow the other day,
Gathering flowers both bright and both gay,
Gathering flowers both red and blue
Little had I thought what love could do.
2. So I lean my back against an oak,
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
At first it bent and then it broke,
So did my true love to me.
3. A ship there is that sails the sea,
she's loaded deep as deep can be,
But no so deep as the love I'm in,
I not know where[1] I sink or swim.
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