The Soldier- Blankenship (NC) 1918 Sharp H
[My title. From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; Sharp/Karpeles I, 1932, single stanza with music.
R. Matteson 2011, 2014]
H. The Soldier- Sung by Mrs, MARY J. BLANKENSHIPP at Price's Creek, Burnsville, N. C, Oct. 5, 1918
Now they were married, returning home again,
They met the lady's father and seven other men.
O run, cried the lady, for fear you will be slain,
Fear nothing, my love, said the soldier again.