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Now You Are A-Going To Cape Ann- Rev. F. D. Huntington; 1828
Elfin Knight: Child Version J; Communicated by Rev. F. D. Huntington; 1828 Haldey Mass;

[From: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads; by Francis James Child, Volume 1, 1882; The Elfin Knight; Child's Version J. This is the first known collected US version in 1828.]

Version J
[Now You Are A-Going To Cape Ann]

Communicated by Rev. F. D. Huntington, Bishop of Western New York, as sung to him by his father in 1828, at Hadley, Mass.; derived from a rough, roystering "character" in the town.

1 NOW you are a-going to Cape Ann,
     Follomingkathellomeday
Remember me to the self-same man,
     Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday.

2 Tell him to buy me an acre of land
      Follomingkathellomeday
Between the salt-water and the sea-sand,
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday.

3 Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,
      Follomingkathellomeday
Tell him to sow it with one peppercorn.
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday

4 Tell him to reap it with a penknife,
      Follomingkathellomeday
And tell him to cart it with two mice.
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday

5 Tell him to cart it to yonder new barn
      Follomingkathellomeday
That never was built since Adam was born.
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday

6 Tell him to thrash it with a goose quill,
      Follomingkathellomeday
Tell him to fan it with an egg-shell.
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday

7 Tell the fool, when he's done his work,
      Follomingkathellomeday
To come to me, and he shall have his shirt.
      Ummatiddle, ummatiddle, ummatallyho, tallyho, follomingkathellomeday