The Outlandish Knight: North Countrie Folk Songs for Schools, Ed Whittaker, Pub Curwen, 1921
[The lyrics are nearly identical to Cecil Sharp's version in One Hundred English Folk Songs. Sharp's tune however is in Dm (Dorian mode). R. Matteson 2011]
An Outlandish Knight came from the Northlands
And he came a-wooing to me;
He told me he'd take me unto the Northlands
And there he would marry me.
Come, fetch me some of your father's gold
And some of your mother's fee;
And two of the best nags out of the stable,
Where there stood thirty and three.
She fetched him some of her father's gold
And some of her mother's fee;
And two of the best nags out of the stable,
Where there stood thirty and three.
She mounted on her milkwhite steed,
He rode on the dapple grey,
They rode until they came unto the sea-side,
Three hours before it was day.
Light off, light off thy milkwhite steed,
And deliver it unto me,
Six pretty maids have I drown-ed here,
And thou the seventh shall be.
He turned his back towards her,
And viewed the leaves so green:
She catched him round the middle so smaill,
And tumbled him into the stream.
He dropp-ed high, he dropp-ed low,
Until he came to the side:
"Catch hold of my hand, my pretty maiden,
And I will make you my bride."
"Lie there, lie there, you falsehearted man,
Lie there instead of me;
Six pretty maids have you drown-ed here,
And the seventh has drown-ed thee."
She mounted on her milkwhite steed,
And led the dapple grey;
She rode till she came to her own father's hall
Three hours before it was day.