Lord Batesman- Sands (NC) 1916 Sharp E
[My title. From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, 1917 Campbell and Sharp; also 1932 Sharp and Karpeles Vol. I. A single stanza is all that was supplied by Sharp of this version.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
Lord Batesman- Sands (NC) 1916 Sharp; Young Beichan E
1. Lord Batesman was a noble young man,
And as fair a one as you'd wish to see,
And he put his foot on a little boaten,
And he vowed some strange land he would go and see.