An Impossibility- Graham (CA) 1938 Robertson; Bronson 49
[My title as suggested by the informant. No title, title assigned is "True Lover of Mine." From George Vinton Graham performing Anglo-American songs and accompanying himself on the guitar on December 3, 1938, as collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in San Jose, California. L.C.Archive of American Folksong, Rec. 3812 A1. (Sidney Robertson). Bronson 49;
R. Matteson 2014]
An Impossibility
Where are you going? to Capery Ann? [1]
Green grows the merry antine
And if you see that nice young man
I want him for [a] true lover of mine.
Tell him to plow me an acre of land
Green grows the merry antine
And plant it all over with one grain of corn,
And he shall be a true lover of mine.
Tell him to thrash it 'gainst yonders barn
Green grows the merry antine
That never was built since Adam was born
And he shall be a true lover of mine.
[speaks here]
Tell her to make me one cambric shirt
Green grows the merry antine
And not for the life of her let one stitch be needlework,
And she shall be a true lover of mine.
Tell her to iron it with red hot iron,
Green grows the merry antine
And not for the life of her let one stitch burn,
And she shall be a true lover of mine.
1. It seems like he's trying to sing Cape Ann, a standard opening but he adds "ry" to Cape.