Molly Van- Laura V. Donald (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from Cecil James Sharp, MS, Maud Karpeles text. The 1932 EFSSA notes follow.
R. Matteson 2016]
1932 Notes: No. 50. Shooting of his Dear.
Texts without tunes :—Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxii. 387 ; xxxix. 136.
Texts with tunes: Journal of the Folk-Song Society, ii. 59; vii. 17. Journal of the Irish Folk-Song Society, iii. 25. Songs of the West, 2nd ed., No. 62. Folk Songs from Somerset, No. 16. ' Molly Ban (pronounced Van) so fair/ Petrie's Collection of Irish Music, Nos. 724 and 1171 (tunes only). Joyce's Ancient Irish Music, p. 20. Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxx. 358, Cox's Folk Songs of the South, pp. 339 (see also further references) and 529.
[Molly Van.] The Shooting Of His Dear- Sung by Laura V. Donald of Dewey, Virginia on June 8, 1918. Collected by Cecil Sharp.
Her apron all round her
The strings in her hand
Dear Uncle, dear uncle,
I shot Molly van.