The Quaker's Song- Esther Overstreet (VA) 1918 Sharp A
[Fragment with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/4411).
R. Matteson 2017]
The Quaker's Song- sung by Esther Overstreet of Reba, Virginia on August 1, 1918.
Madam, I have come a-courting
O dear me!
Madam I have the greatest pleasure
O dear me!
If you will it's my desire
Ho de ling dum diddle um day
You can sit and court the fire
Ho de ling dum diddle um day.