No Sir, No- Emery Alfred (Som) 1908 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with chorus from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1604). This has opening of the standard children's song and not the No Sir opening.
R. Matteson 2017]
No Sir, No- sung by Emery Alfred of Othery, Somerset on April 6, 1908, Sharp MS.
Yonder mountain stands a creature
Who she is I do not know,
I'll go court her for her beauty
She must answer Yes or No.
CHORUS: No sir, no, no sir no,
Still the maid answered No.