Newcastle Hill- Mrs. Russell (Dor) 1907 Hammond
[From HAM/4/31/16, p. 4 & 5, at The Full English. Transcription Kloss.
R. Matteson 2018]
"Newcastle Hill" as sung by Mrs. Marian Russell, Upwey, Dorset, Jan./Feb. 1907, collected by H. E. D. Hammond, HAM/4/31/16, p.5, at EFDSS
Oh! don't you remember on Newcastle Hill,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
Oh! don't you remember of a pretty young girl,
I warrant she was a true lover of mine.
I told her to buy me a yard of broadcloth,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
I told her to make me a shirt out of that,
And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
I told her to make it without any seam,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
I told her to wash it in water never run,
And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
Oh! don't you remember on Newcastle Hill,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
Oh! don't you remember a gentle young man,
I warrant he was a true lover of mine.
I told him to buy me an acre of land,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
Betwixt the salt water and the sea sand,
And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
I told him to plough it all up with his horn,
Let every circle go merry and twine,
I told him to sow it with one peppercorn,
And then he shall be a true lover of mine.