No Sir- Maud Morrison (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/2761).
R. Matteson 2017]
No Sir- sung by Maud Morrison of Berea, Kentucky on 25 May, 1917. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp,
My father was a Spanish seaman
And before he went to sea,
He told me to be sure to answer, No Sir,
To all you said to me,
No sir, no sir,
And you were walking in your garden
Plucking flowers all wet with dew,
Tell me would you be offended,
If I walked and talked with you.
And you were walking in your garden
I should ask you to be mine,
If I tell you that I love you
Would you then my love decline?