Lord Thomas- Boone (NC) 1918 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with music; Bronson, TTCB, No. 50; Sharp MSS., 4707/. Cf. Julie Boone (must be kin) Sharp MS 1918 (has the "roll us down" text).
R. Matteson 2014]
50. [Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor]- Sung by Mrs. Sina Boone, Shoal Creek, Burnsville, N.C., September 28, 1918.
Mother, O Mother, come counsel me
Come counsel me both as one.
Whether I shall marry fair Ellinor,
Or bring the brown girl home,
Or bring the brown girl home.