A Gentleman from the Courts- Carter (KY) 1917 Sharp J
[My title, replacing Young Beichan. One stanza fragment with music from English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, 1932; Sharp and Karpeles, Vol. I.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
J. [A Gentleman from the Courts.] Sung by Mrs. FRANCIS CARTER at Beattyville, Lee Co., Ky., Sept. 8, 1917
Hexatonic (no 3rd).
A gentleman from the courts of England,
A gentleman of a high degree;
He lived uneasy and discontented,
Until he took a voyage on sea.