Miller's Apprentice- unknown (Eng) c.1905 Sharp MS
[My date. Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/272)
R. Matteson 2016]
Miller's Apprentice- unknown informant from England; collected c.1905 Cecil Sharp.
1. I went a-courtin' a pretty maid
With a dark and rolling eye
I told her I would marry her
If she would with me lie
2. I courted her for six long months
A little now and then
till I was ashamed to marry
being so young a man
3. I asked her to take a walk
Down in the meadows gay,
And then we will sit
And fix the wedding day
4. I went unto her sister's house
At eight o'clock at night
I ask if the lady will walk with me[1]
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1. MS ends abruptly there