Write a little Song- George Say (Som) 1908 Sharp MS

Write a little Song- George Say (Som) 1908 Sharp MS

[My title. Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1765)

R. Matteson 2017]

Write a little Song (Sweet William)- sung by George Say of : Axbridge, Somerset on 6 August, 1908.

I down on my knees and write a little song
I write it neat, wide and long,
Every line I will shed a tear,
And every a verse crying, 'Farewell Polly dear."