No Sir, No Sir- Beryl Walker (AU) 1942 BK
[From: There Was Always a Cat: Memories of My Early Life- The Cats I've Loved and Who Have Loved Me" by Beryl Walker 2013. Her version from her "Mum's journal" is very similar to Wakefield's 1881 text.
R. Matteson 2017]
"No Sir, No Sir" sung by Beryl Walker (piano and vocal) and Peter Diprose on October 16, 1942 near Temora, a town in the north-east of the Riverina area of New South Wales, 418 kilometres south-west of the state capital, Sydney, Australia.
He. Tell me one thing, tell me truly,
Tell me why you scorn me so?
Tell me why, when asked a question,
You will always answer no.
She: No sir, No sir. No, Sir, No.
She: My father was a Spanish Captain
And before he went to sea,
He told me to be sure and answer "No"
To all you said to me.
No sir, No sir. No, Sir, No.
He: If when walking in the garden,
Picking flowers all wet with dew,
Tell me will you be offended,
If I walked and talked with you?
She: No sir, No sir. No, Sir, No.
He: If when walking in the garden,
I should ask you to be mine,
And should tell you that I loved you,
Would you then my heart decline?
She: No sir, No sir. No, Sir, No.