Molly Bawn- Esther Smith (Heref) 1912 V. Williams
[From: Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuscript Collection (at British Library) (RVW2/8/31). The text is incomplete. A different fragment of text was collected from Mrs. Smith (a different Smith?) in Herefordshire on Sept. 1912 by Leather.
R. Matteson 2016]
Molly Bawn - Sung by Mrs. Esther Smith of Dilwyn, Herefordshire on Sept. 1912. Collector: Ralph Vaughan Williams
It's come all you young lads that fires your gun,
With her white apron round her head I ta'en her for a swan.
It was under the bushed there my love did run
With her white apron round her head I ta'en her for a swan.
[ ] very dear son, don't you run away
For to leave your country with your trial to come on
I will fight for my love and I will set you free