Go and Bring Me- LaRena Clark (ON) c.1960 Fowke
[From: A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark by Edith Fowke, Jay Rahn, LaRena LeBarr Clark, 1994.
The version collected in Ontario by Edith Fowke from LaRena LeBarr Clark that was passed down from her grandparents who were of English, Irish, French, and Pennsylvania Dutch stock, shows a closer affinity to the British versions. Fowke remarked that she had not heard some of Clark's stanzas. The Chorus (1 and 5) and stanzas 2 and 3 are obviously British and 2 is found in America. Stanza three is important as a new Blue Eyed Boy stanza, it has been collected associated with other songs. Stanza 4 is obviously derived from Died for Love and is common in UK and in the US/Canadian versions of Butcher Boy.
R. Matteson 2017]
Go and Bring Me Back the Boy I Love- as sung by LaRena Clark of Ontario, circa 1960, learned 1930s.
1. Go and bring me back the boy I love,
Go and bring me back to me,
Sure if I had the one I love,
What a happy pair we'd be.
2. Oh, my love is like a little bird
He flies from tree to tree,
And when he's with some other girl
He thinks no more of me
3. Oh, my love is like a lozenger:
He is small but oh how sweet!
And if I had a crown of gold,
I would plant it at his feet.
4. Oh, how hard it is to sigh and weep
Oh, how hard it is to see
Some other girl sit on his knee
In the place where I ought to be.
5. Go and bring me back the boy I love,
Go and bring me back to me,
Sure if I had the one I love,
What a happy pair we'd be.