Haselbury Girl- Mrs. Balsh (Som) 1906 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with chorus and music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/934). This stanza more properly is part of Oh No, John and is also found there in the "she answered No" songs.
R. Matteson 2017]
Haselbury Girl - Mrs. Balsh of Ubley Somerset on 23 April 1906. Collector: Cecil J.Sharp,
First Line: Madam may I tie your garter,
May I tie it below the lines,
And if my hand should slip a little further
would you think it rude of me?
Answered No. Answered No.
The fair maid answered No.