I'll Saddle Up- Sloan (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[My title, replacing Sharp's generic title. Six stanzas with music from Sharp MSS., 3637/2696. Bronson: This melody is at home in the B group of "Barbara Allan."
R. Matteson 2015]
[I'll Saddle Up] Gipsy Laddy -- Sung by Mrs. Alice Sloan, Barbourville, Ky., May 6, 1917.
1. I'll saddle up my white milk horse,
I'll saddle up my pony,
I'll ride and ride to the river-side
Till I overtake my darling,
Till I overtake my darling.
2. Go back, go back, my pretty little girl,
Go back, go back, my darling,
I'll lock you in a room so high
That a gipsy can't get around you.
3. Well, I wont go back, well, I can't go back,
Well, I won t go back, my darling;
I wouldn't give a kiss from a gipsie's lips,
For you and all your money.
4. How old are you, my pretty little girl,
How old are you, my honey?
She spied with her little sweet mouth:
I'll be sixteen next Sunday.
5. Pull off, pull off, your white kid gloves
Made with Spanish leather;
Give to me your pretty white hand,
I'll bid you farewell forever.
6. I'll pull off my white kid glove,
Made with Spanish leather;
I'll give to you my pretty white hand,
I'll bid you farewell forever.
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