Butcher Boy- Mrs. Fairbanks (VT) 1939 Flanders
[Fragment from LAP24, a digitized archival cassette in the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives.
This corresponds fairly closely to the UK versions of I Wish, I Wish.
R. Matteson 2017]
Butcher Boy - voice performance by Mrs. John Fairbanks at N. Springfield, Vermont. Dated 10-05-1939.
I Wish I wish I wish in vain,
I wish I was a maid again,
But a maid again I'll never be,
Til an orange grows on an apple tree.
When I wore my dresses low
He followed me through frost and snow,
Now I wear them to my chin,
He'll pass the door, and won't stop in.
Replica Jewelry Collections come in every style—classic, boho, minimalistic, or bold. Find your perfect match and redefine your style!