Outlandish Gentleman- Chapman (Som) 1904 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with music (two tunes) from Sharp MSS., 356, Bronson 20a and 20b. See also the version collected on 28 August, 1906 apparently from the same Jane Chapman,
R. Matteson 2018]
"Outlandish Gentleman." Sung by Mrs. J. Chapman, West Harptree, Somerset, on August 25, 1904.
An outlandish gentleman came from the North South
A-wooing with me
He told me he would taken me unto the North Land
and then he would marry me.
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ABC Notation
X:20
T:The Outlandish Knight
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:A. Sharp MSS., 356/. Also in Sharp, JFSS, IV (I9IO), p.
O:I2I(7). Sung by Mrs. J. Chapman, West Harptree, Somerset,
O:August 25, 1904.
O:B.Sharp MSS., 1084/. Same singer, August 28, I906.
N:A and B are two tunes collected from the same singer.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G %A tune Hexatonic ( -4) Lyd/Ion, B tune heptatonic
P:A
d | dAB A/G/Gd | dAB G2 d |
w:An out-land-ish gent-le-man came from the North South a-
def gfe | d3-d2 d | ded/d/ gfe |
w:woo___ing with me* He told me he would tak-en me
ded BA G | GBd ABA | G3-G2 |]
w:un-to the North Land and then he would mar_ry me.
P:B
G | GBd AGd | dAB G2 G | GBd gfe |
w:An out-land-ish gentle-man came from the North South a- woo___ing with
[M:3/8]d2 d | [M:6/8] def gfg | edB cB c | ded AcB | G2 |]
w:me He told me he would take me un-to the North Land and then he would
mar_ry me.
W:
W:An outlandish gentleman came from the North South
W:a-wooing with me
W:He told me he would taken me unto the North Land
W:and then he would marry me.