Madam I have come to court you- Harma (Sus) 1914 Sharp MS
[My title "Madam I have come to court you" replacing Keys of Heaven. From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/2939).
R. Matteson 2017]
Madam I have come to court you- Suffolk version sent Sharp by Miss Harma, Colchester; May 1914; Sharp MS
Madam I have come to court you
If your favour I should win
If you'll make me kindly welcome
Then perhaps I'll come again.
CHORUSES: Fol the sol the riddle ol rido
Fol the sol the riddle all the day
Fol the sol the riddle ol the rido
Fol lol lo the riddle all the day
Twenty eighteen sixteen fourteen
Twelve ten eight six four two one
Nineteen seventeen fifteen thirteen
Eleven nine seven five three and one
2 Madam I've got rings and jewels
Madam I've got house and lands
Madam I've got the world of treasure
If you be at my command.
BOTH CHORUSES
3. What can I get your rings and jewels?
What can I get your house and lands?
What can I get you world of treasure?
All I want is a handsome man.
BOTH CHORUSES
4. Madam you tend much to beauty
Beauty dies and fades away
The finest flower the garden grows
Summer's gone and fades away.
BOTH CHORUSES