Bluegrass Messengers

No Sir, No- Mrs. Louisa  Moses (KY) 1930 Fuson

[From Harvey Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands (1930) p. 81. Similar to Wakefield's 1881 print version-- missing the first stanza.

R. Matteson 2017]

"No, Sir, No" sung by Mrs. Louisa Moses of Kentucky by 1930.

My father was a Spanish merchant
And before he went to sea,
He told me to be sure and answer
"No" to all you said to me.
CHORUS No sir; no sir; no sir; No.

And when walking in the garden,
Plucking flowers all wet with dew,
Tell me, would you be offended,
If I walked and talked with you?
CHORUS No sir, no sir, no sir, No.

If when walking in the garden,
If I should ask you to be mine,
An you would ell me that I love you
Would you then my heart decline?
CHORUS No sir, no sir, no sir, No.