Lord Arnold's Wife- Pace (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from Sharp MSS., 4140. Bronson No. 44.
R. Matteson 2015]
Lord Arnold's Wife- Sung by Mrs. Eliza Pace, Hyden, Ky., October 9, 1917.
The first that come in was a gaily dame
The next that come in was a girl[1]
The next that come in was Lord Arnold's wife
And she was the fairest of all, all
And she was the fairest of all.
1. this appears as "pearl" as in --dressed in pearl in some versions