Blow Ye Winds- Cassity (MA) 1936 Barry BFSSNE
[My title. From Bulletin of the Folk Song Society of the Northeast Vol. 12, p. 12. This version is a variant of a mid-19th century British broadside ballad, Blow The Winds I. O. published by Stephenson (Gateshead) sometime between 1821 and 1850, and archived at the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, shelfmark: Harding B 11(337).
R. Matteson 2015]
[Blow Ye Winds] - Sung by Mr Edward Cassity, of Cambridge, Mass, age 82, formerly boatswain of the barque Coriolanus, recorded in 1936. Collected by Phillips Barry. In the notes Barry asserts the text and tune are close to the version in Whall, which would tie in with Cassity's sea-going life.
1. As I walked out one morning
Within the month of May;
I saw a pretty country lass,
And her clothing was so gay.
CHORUS: Singing, Blow ye winds of the morning,
Blow ye winds I, O,
Clear away the morning dew,
And blow ye wild winds blow.
2. Said I, 'My pretty fair maid,
Where are you going this way?'
She looked me in the face and smiled,
And swiftly sped away.
CHORUS
3. I quickly followed after her
And caught her by the hand;
Says I, 'My pretty fair maid,
Now let us understand'.
CHORUS