George Collins- Griffin (NC) 1980 Helms REC
[Folkways FW34152_107 Album; Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends - Vol. 2 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina, 1980
"George Collins" - Henry Griffin with autoharp accompaniment.
George Collins, George Collins rode home so fine
George Collins rode home so fine.
George Collins rode home this Wednesday night
Was taken sick and died
His darling Mary was in the next room
A-sewing her silk so fine.
When she heard George Collins
She laid her silk aside.
Away she went to the very next room
And there her darling lay
The one she loved so very much
Was now as cold as clay.
Take off, take off the coffin lid
And lay the sheets aside,
And Let me kiss your [lips] so red
For I know he'll never kiss mine
Oh don't you hear the turtle dove
Over yonder in green pine
A-mourning for their own true love
As I am morning for mine.