Lord Lovell- M. L. S. (RI) pre1905 Barry B JOAFL
[From: Traditional Ballads in New England III by Phillips Barry; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 18, No. 71 (Oct. - Dec., 1905), pp. 291-304
This is from the third and last part of Barry's Traditional Ballads in New England. All three parts were published in 1905 in three consecutive editions of the JOAFL. This part has some additional variants of ballads in the first two parts in the Addenda. These early ballads are fully preserved because Barry recognized that including the tune whenever possible was as important as including lyrics.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
B. Lord Lovell. Communicated by M. L. S., Newport, R . I., from the recitation of a very aged woman, native of Narragansett, R. I.
1. The Lady, she died of a broken heart,
Lord Lovell he died of sorrow.
2 The one was buried within the kirk,
The other within the choir,
And out of the one there sprang a birk,
And out of the other a brier.
3 They grew and they grew to the tall church top,
Until they could grow no higher,
Then turned about in a true lover's knot,
For all true lovers to admire,-ire,-ire,
For all true lovers to admire.