Young Lady in London- Short (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from Sharp MS. At least two similar versions are found in Sharp's MSs. cf. Melton and Hounchell.
Similar to the Gosport broadsides openings except the second line has been changed:
1) IN Gosport of late there a damsel did dwell,
For wit and for beauty did many excel;
R. Matteson 2016]
Young Lady in London- Sung by Mary Anne Short of Pine Mountain, Ky., on August 29, 1917. Collected by Cecil J. Sharp.
In London fair city a lady did dwell,
In London fair city a lady did dwell,
Concerning her beauty no tongue can tell.