I'll Give My Love An Apple- Finn (NS) 1943 Creighton

    I'll Give My Love An Apple- Finn (NS) 1943 Creighton

[From: Traditional Folk Songs from Nova Scotia, 1950. Around 1943 Helen Creighton collected and recorded Nina Bartley Finn's version, sharing an identical set of words with Dennis Smith's version but a slightly different melody. Finn's version has only the opening stanza- see Smith's version for the full set of text.

R. Matteson 2014]

I'll Give My Love An Apple- Nina Bartley Finn (NS) 1943

I’ll give my love an apple without e'er a core,
Ill give my love a house without e'er a door,
Ill give my love a palace wherein she might be,
That she might unlock it without e'er a key.