The False-Hearted Knight- Lindenberg (MA) 1922 Barry C
[Barry, Eckstorm, and Smyth, "British Ballads from Maine", 1929, pp. 19 -20 (Version C).]
The False-Hearted Knight- Sung by Barry's sister, Mrs. A. W. (Barry) Lindenberg, Shirley, Mass., I922.
She mounted on her milk-white steed,
And he on his dapple gray,
And forth from her father's house they went,
Before the break of day.
They rode and rode and rode away
Until they came to the sea,
And here they pulled their horses up
Hard by a willow tree.
"Now get thee down, my pretty Pollee,
And harken unto me,-
Six pretty maidens I've drownded here,
And you the seventh shall be.
"Take off, take off that silken gown,
And give it unto me,-
A silken gown is much too fine
To rot in the salt sea."
"O turn about, O turn about,
And face the willow tree,-
While I take off the silken gown
And give it unto thee."
He turned about, he turned about,
And faced the willow tree,-
She took him in her lily-white arms,
And threw him into the sea.
"Lie there, lie there, my false lover,
Lie there instead of me,-
If six pretty maidens you've drownded here,
Go bear them company!"
She mounted on her milk-white steed,
And led the dapple gray,
And back she went to her father's house,
Before the break of day.
The first she saw was the little parrot,-
"O where have you been from me?
O where have you been in the early morn,-
O where have you been from me?"
"O say no more, my little parrot,-
O say no more to me,
And I'll give thee a golden cage,
To hang on the chestnut tree!"
The next to speak was her mother dear,-
"O where have you been from me?"
"I've been to church in the early morn,
To say a prayer for thee."
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X:22
T:The False-hearted Knight
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Barry, Eckstorm, and Smyth, "British Ballads from Maine",
O:I929, pp. I9(C)-20. Sung by Mrs. A. W. (Barry) Lindenberg, Shirley,
Mass., I922.
N:In Bronson the second e in measure 5 is given as a quarter note.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
B | d2 B d2 G | B2 A G2 d |
w:She mount-ed on her milk-white steed, And
eee efg | d3-d2 d | e2 e efg |
w:he on his dap_ple gray, And forth from her fath_er's
B2 A G2 B | d2 d c2 A | G3-G2 |]
w:house they went, Be-fore the break of day.
W:
W:She mounted on her milk-white steed,
W:And he on his dapple gray,
W:And forth from her father's house they went,
W:Before the break of day.
W:
W:They rode and rode and rode away
W:Until they came to the sea,
W:And here they pulled their horses up
W:Hard by a willow tree.
W:
W:"Now get thee down, my pretty Pollee,
W:And harken unto me,-
W:Six pretty maidens I've drownded here,
W:And you the seventh shall be.
W:
W:"Take off, take off that silken gown,
W:And give it unto me,-
W:A silken gown is much too fine
W:To rot in the salt sea."
W:
W:"O turn about, O turn about,
W:And face the willow tree,-
W:While I take off the silken gown
W:And give it unto thee."
W:
W:He turned about, he turned about,
W:And faced the willow tree,-
W:She took him in her lily-white arms,
W:And threw him into the sea.
W:
W:"Lie there, lie there, my false lover,
W:Lie there instead of me,-
W:If six pretty maidens you've drownded here,
W:Go bear them company!"
W:
W:She mounted on her milk-white steed,
W:And led the dapple gray,
W:And back she went to her father's house,
W:Before the break of day.
W:
W:The first she saw was the little parrot,-
W:"O where have you been from me?
W:O where have you been in the early morn,-
W:O where have you been from me?"
W:
W:"O say no more, my little parrot,-
W:O say no more to me,
W:And I'll give thee a golden cage,
W:To hang on the chestnut tree!"
W:
W:The next to speak was her mother dear,-
W:"O where have you been from me?"
W:"I've been to church in the early morn,
W:To say a prayer for thee."