Must I Go Bonds- Peter Dyer (NS) 1931 Fauset B
[My title below, originally "bonds" throughout. From: Folklore from Nova Scotia collected by Arthur Huff Fauset (1899-1983), New York: American Folk-Lore Society: G.E. Stechert and Co., Agents, 1931.
R. Matteson 2017]
Must I Go Bound[1] - sung by Peter Dyer. Colored. Born in Barcelona, Spain. Aged about 55. Came to the United States at an early age, and settled in Nova Scotia about 20 years ago. Retired grocer, Yarmouth.
Must I go bound[1], must I go free,
Must I love a man that don't love me?
And must I act the childish part,
To marry a man that'll break my heart?
Last night my lover promised me
That he would take me across the deep blue sea.
But now he's gone an' left me alone,
I'm an orphan girl without any home.
Must I go bound, must I go free,
Must I love a man that don't love me?
And must I act the childish part,
To marry a man that'll break my heart?
There was a place in London town
Where my true love sat himself down.
He takes another girl on his knee,
And tells to her what he won't tell me.
Must I go bound, must I go free,
Must I love a man that don't love me?
And must I act the childish part,
To marry a man that'll break my heart?
1. originally, "bonds" throughout