Lady Isabel- G.R. Madison (NC) c1939 Carpenter
[Single stanza text from: James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/7/1/C, p. 10674
R. Matteson 2018]
Lady Isabel- sung by Professor G. R. Madison of Farmington, NC, about 1939. Collected or sent to Carpenter.
He jumped on a double-down black,
And she on the dapple grey;
They rode till they got to the broad waters,
Three hours before it was day, day,
Three hours before it was day.