No Sir!- Lucy White & L. Hooper (Som) 1903 Sharp MS
[From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/81). The stanzas more closely resemble Oh No John.
R. Matteson 2017]
No, Sir! Sung by Lucy White & Louie Hooper, Hambridge, Somerset on Dec. 23 1903.
My father was a Spanish Captain
Leave me to mourn five years ago
First he kist me then he leave me
Always told me to answer No.
No Sir, No Sir, No Sir, No!
Madam in your face is beauty
In your flowers grow
In your bedroom there is pleasure
Shall I view it, yes or no?
No Sir, etc.
Madam shall I tie your garter
Shall I tie it above your knee?
If I should be little bolder
Would you think it rude of me?
No Sir, etc.