Rudam Day- Anon (wilt) c.1916 Alfred Williams
[MS in VWML. See text WSRO: 2598/36 Packet 5 - Miscellaneous: Williams, A: MS collection No Mi 697, the text is from the "Seventeen" broadside revision. The ending seems to be original.
R. Matteson 2018]
Rudam Day, collected by Alfred Williams (no date) c. 1916
Verse 1: As I walked out on a May morning,
One May morning so early,
'Twas there I spied a handsome lass
As the sun was rising clearly.
Chorus: With my rudam day, fol the riddle ay,
Right fol the rol the rido.
Verse 2: Her shoes were bright, her stockings white,
And her buckles shone like silver,
She had a dark and rolling eye,
And her hair hung round her shoulders.
Chorus
Verse 3: 'Where are you going, my pretty maid?
Where are you going my honey?'
She answered me quite cheerfully -
'On an errand for my mammie.'
Chorus
Verse 4: 'How old are you, my pretty maid?
How old are you, my honey?'
She answered me right cheerfully,
'I'm seventeen come Sunday.'
Chorus
Verse 5: 'Will you take my arm, my pretty maid,
Will you take my arm, my honey?'
She answered me right cheerfully -
'I will not for my mammie.
Chorus
Verse 6: But if you'll come down to my mammie's house
In the evening soft and early,
She'll open the door and let you in
While the moon shines bright and clearly.'
Chorus
Verse 7: The I went down to her mammie's house
In the evening bright and early,
And there I won the pretty fair maid
I loved both true and dearly.
Chorus