Lord Thomas- girls at Hindman (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with music; Bronson, TTCB, No. 125; Sharp MSS., 4068.
R. Matteson 2014]
125. [Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender] Sharp MSS., 4068/. Sung by girls at Hindman School, Ky., September 20, 1917. This has a relationship with the family of "Come all you worthy Christian Men." Cf. /FSS, II, No. 7 (1905), pp. 115.
O mother, O mother, come riddle it down,
Come riddle it both as one;
Saying, must I marry fair Ellender dear,
Or bring the brown girl home?