Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Sung by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Berry, Nellysford, Va., May 21, 1908; Sharp MSS
[This version was not collected by Sharp but was sent to him probably from Mrs. Campbell's collection which was in a collaboration with other members of the Council of Southern Mountain Workers, especially Katherine Pettit of the Hindman Settlement School and Isabel Rawn of the Martha Berry School, neither of whom were credited in either the 1917 or the 1932 edition of EFSSA. (ref. In the world of my ancestors: The Olive Dame Campbell Collection of Appalachian folk song, 1908-1916; Turner).]
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT- Mrs. Elizabeth M. Berry, Nellysford, Va., May 21, 1908; Appears in Bronson- only one verse
Come sit you down, my pretty Polly,
Come sit you down by me;
I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
I'm all to talk to you.
I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
I'm all to talk to you.
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Bronson No. 108 [ABCNotation.com]
T: Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Sharp MSS., 426I/. Sung by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Berry,
O:Nellysford, Va., May 2I, I908.
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:Gmix % Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [Pi 1]
G | A B d d | A/B/ A G G |
w:Come sit you down, my pret-ty Pol-ly, Come
A A/B/ d B | A3 G | A A/B/ d d |
w:sit you* down by me; I'm all to* talk to
A/B/ A G A/B/ | A > B G E | D E G B |
w:you,* you, you, I'm* all to talk to you, you, you, I'm
A > B G E | D3 B | A > B G G/E/ |
w:all to talk to you. I'm all to talk to*
G A/E/ G B | A > B G E | D3 |]
w:you, you,* you, I'm all to talk to you.
W:
W:Come sit you down, my pretty Polly,
W:Come sit you down by me;
W:I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
W:I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
W:I'm all to talk to you.
W:I'm all to talk to you, you, you,
W:I'm all to talk to you.