Henry, my Son- Alice Davy (Som) 1908 Sharp MS
[From Sharp MS 1584/1430-31. Bronson 83.
R. Matteson 2018]
Henry, my Son- sung by Alice Davy of the Colcombe Lodge, Dunster, on February 12, 1908, collected Sharp.
1. "Where have you been courting, Henry my son
Where have you been courting, my charming one?"
"Only with my sweetheart mother, make my bed soon,
I'm sick at the heart and faint to lie down."
2. What have you been eating, etc.
Only little fishes mother, etc.
3. What colour was those fishes?
They were speckled and sparkled.
4. How did she cook those fishes?
She cooked them in the frying-pan.
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