It's of a rich lady- Martha Badley [Bradley] (Som) 1907 Sharp MS
[My title. Fragment from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1386). Her name is also spelled Bradley which I assume is correct.
R. Matteson 2016]
It's of a rich lady (Shooting Of His Dear)- sung by Martha Badley [Bradley] of North Petherton, Somerset on 8 August, 1907. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp.
It's of a rich lady and lady of land,
And a very rich lady and her fortune was grand,
Sweet William ral-de-ral-de ral[1] cold showers coming on,
With her apron swinging 'round her cold shoulders coming on.
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