Inn-Keeper's Daughter- Payne (NL) 1920 Greeleaf
[Fragment from Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland; Greenleaf and Mansfield, 1933. Kittredge's notes follow.
R. Matteson 2015]
14. THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON
(Child, No. 105)
[Inn-Keeper's Daughter]- Sung by Mrs. Minnie Payne, Green Point, 1920.
1 There was a youth, a well-beloved youth,
He was a squire's son,
He courted an inn-keeper's daughter,
. . . .
For texts and references see Barry, Eckstorm, and Smyth, pp. 225-227 (from New Brunswick); Hudson, No. 16 (Mississippi); also in Journal, XXXIX, 100-107; Davis, No. 28; Sharp MS. (Appalachian), Harvard College Library, pp. 645-647; Brady MS., Harvard College Library, pp. 66-68; Journal of the Folk-Song Society, Va., 34-35; Keith, No. 41.