The Bold Soldier- Chisholm (VA) 1918 Sharp E
[My title. From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; Sharp/Karpeles I, 1932, single stanza with music.
R. Matteson 2011, 2014]
E. Sung by Mr. JAMES H. CHISHOLM at Nellysford, Va., May 21, 1918
Hexatonic (no 6th).
I'll tell you of a soldier who lately come from sea,
He courted a lady, both honour, rich, and an free;
Her rich es was so great that it scarcely could be told,
And the reason she loved the soldier, because he was so bold.