Little Scotchee- Pierce (SC-NC) 1928 Smith
[No date given. Reed Smith from South Carolina Ballads, 1928. Reprinted in Sandburg, 1927. Learned in Alexander County, North Carolina.
R. Matteson 2014]
Little Scotch-ee- Miss Tressie Pierce (SC) 1928 Reed Smith from South Carolina Ballads
1. "Light, light, light, my little Scotch-ee,
And stay all night with me;
I have a bed of the very very best,
I'll give it up to thee,
I'll give it up to thee."
2. "I cannot light, and I will not light,
And stay all night with thee;
For there's a girl in the old Scotch Yard,
This night a-waiting for me,
This night a-waiting for me."
3. "You cannot light, and you will not light,
But from me you'll never part;"
She took a pen-knife from her side,
And pierced him in the heart,
And pierced him in the heart.
4. She called unto her little lady miss,
"Come unto me I say;
For there's a dead man in my bed,
Come carry him away,
Come carry him away."
5. She called unto her little lady miss,
"Count the hours, one, two, three;
Are the chickens a-crowing for the middle of the night,
Or are they a-crowing for day,
Or are they a-crowing for day?"
6. Some took him by the lily-white hand,
Some took him by the feet,
And threw him into a new-dug well,
Some forty feet deep,
Some forty feet deep.
7. "Light, light, light, my little birdie,
And settle on my knee;
I have a cage of the very, very best,
I'll give it up to thee,
I'll give it up to thee."
8. " I cannot light, and I will not light,
And settle on your knee;
For I'm afraid you will sarve me like you sarved,
Your little Scotch-ee,
Your little Scotch-ee."