The Two Brothers- Bruce (VA) 1935 Wilkinson A
[No title. From Bronson, No. 34, two stanzas with music. Wilkinson was collecting ballads and notating scores for Kyle Davis Jr. in the early mid-1930s.
R. Matteson 2014]
34. [The Two Brothers] Wilkinson MSS., 1935-36, p. 34(A). Sung by Alice Bruce; Harriston, Va., October 9, 1935.
a E/D (infected III, VII)
What must I tell Your father
Tonight when I go home?
Tell him I'm in some lonesome woods
A-learning the hounds to run.
What must I tell to Sadie
Tonight when I go home?
Tell her I'm in the cold, cold coffin
With my pale face turned to the wall.