Yonder Riverside- Nanny Weaver (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/4513).
This is a variant of C.
R. Matteson 2017]
Yonder Riverside- Nanny Weaver of Woolwine, Virginia on 25 August, 1918. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp.
Way down on yonder riverside,
Where the waters doth so gently glide,
I heard a poor lady mourn, saying:
What shall I do, my true love's gone?