My Sister Kate- Williams (MO) 1909 Belden D
[Belden, Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folklore Society, 1940, version D.
R. Matteson 2014]
D. 'My Sister Kate.' Sent in by 'George Williams, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, in 1909. The pronouns are somewhat mixed in the last two stanzas, and the miller has vanished from the story.
There was an old woman lived on the seashore,
Bow down to me
She had some daughters, some three or four.
Singing, I'll be true to my love
My love'll be true to me.
Singing, I'll be true to my love,
My love'll be true to me.
The youngest one she caught a beau;
The oldest one did hate that so.
'Sister, oh sister, let's walk the seashore
And watch the ships come sailing o'er.'
As they walked on the shining sand
The oldest pushed the younger in.
'Sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand
And alt I have's at your command.'
'I'll neither lend you my hand or my glove,
For all I want is your true love.'
The sea washed o'er my sister fair;
They found her there with her golden hair.
They hung her on the garden gate
For the murder of her sister Kate.