Go and Make Me a Cambric Shirt- Pearl Jacobs Borusky and Maud Jacobs, September 11, 1938; Northern Wisconsin
From: Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin
by Asher E. Treat
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 52, No. 203 (Jan. - Mar., 1939), pp. 1-51
9. GO AND MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT- Sung by Pearl Jacobs Borusky and Maud Jacobs, September 11, 1938. Cf. Sharp,
The Elfin Knight.
1. Go and make me a cambric shirt
With out any needle or any needle work.
Then you can be that true lover of mine,
Then you can be that true lover of mine.
2. Go and wash it in yonders stream.
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Then you can be that true lover of mine, etc.
3. Go and hang it on yonders thorn
That hasn't borne leaves since Adam was born.
Then you can be that true lover of mine, etc.