No Sir!- Alfred Emery (Som) 1908 Sharp MS
[From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1604). Two versions taken down by Cecil Sharp on the same day. I assume the texts could be combined.
R. Matteson 2017]
No Sir!- sung by Alfred Emery, Othery, Somerset on 6 April, 1908. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp.
Yonder mountain stands a creature,
Who she is I do not know,
I'll go and court her for her beauty
She must answer Yes or No.
No sir no, No sir no,
Still the fair maid answered No.
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Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/1457)
[No Sir] sung by Alfred Emery, Othery, Somerset on 6 April, 1908. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp.
Madam shall I tie your garter,
Tie it a little above your knee,
Suppose my hand should slip a little farther,
Would you think it rude of me?
No sir no, No sir no,
Still the fair maid answered No.
My love and I went to bed together,
We lay there till the cocks did crow,
Unclose your arms my dearest jewel
Unclose your arms and let me go.
No sir no, No sir no,
Still the fair maid answered No.