Riply Moor- Mrs. Cole (Hamp) 1906 Gardiner MS
[My title. From George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/20/1281). This is the Rashie Muir (Moor) opening stanza.
R. Matteson 2017]
Riply Moor [Rashy Moor] sung by Mrs. Cole of Hampshire about 1906. Collectors: G.B.Gardiner, Charles Gamblin
As I walked over bold Riply Moor
I looked behind and I looked before
My head did ache and my eyes did blur
When I thought of the bonny girl I left behind.