I Wish, I Wish- George Dunn (Staf) 1971 Palmer
[Fragment from Musical Traditions MT CD 317-8 ('Chainmaker'); also in Folk Music Journal 2:4 (1973) pp.278-279.
R. Matteson 2017]
I Wish I Wish- sung by George Dunn of Quarry Bank, Staffordshire on Se[tember 21, 1971. Collected by Roy Palmer.
I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain,
I wish I was a maid again.
A maid again I never shall be
Till apples grow on an orange tree.
I grieve, I grieve, I'll tell you why,
Because she's got more gold than I;
But her gold will melt …