Knutsford Town- William Hill (Hamp) 1908 Gardiner
[Single stanza with music sung from man's point of view. From: George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/18/1162). Of the four stanzas the last two are Unfortunate Swain (Deep in Love/Waly Waly).
R. Matteson 2017]
Knutsford Town- sung by William Hill, of Catherington, Hampshire on 19 August, 1908. Collectors: G.B. Gardiner, John F. Guyer.
As I was a-going up Knutsford Town,
I saw my love go there [and] sat down[1]
She placed herself on another man's knee,
No tongue can tell how it grieve me.
2. I called my true love by her name
3. I placed myself against a bush,
4. There goes a ship sailing on the deep,
1. "get down" original ms