[Steal Your Father's Gold] Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Wilson and Townsley (KY) 1917 ; Sharp MS
[From Bronson, No. 114; Sharp MS, my title.]
[Steal Your Father's Gold]- Sung by Mrs. Townsley and Mrs. Wilson, Pineville, Ky., June 2, 1917.
O go and steal your father's gold,
And part of your mother's fee;
And we'll get on the horses and ride to the Squire's
And married we will be, be, be,
And married we will be.
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X:114
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Sharp MSS., 3777/. Sung by Mrs. Townsley and Mrs. Wilson,
O:Pineville, Ky., June 2, I9I7.
M:2/2
L:1/4
K:Gmix % Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [Pi 1]
G | A A/B/ d d | B A/G/ G G |
w:O go and* steal your fath-er's* gold, And
A A/ B/ d d/B/ | A3 G/G/ | "(a)" A A/B/ d d/d/ | "(b)"B A/G/ G/A/ B |
w:part of your moth-er's* fee; And we'll get on the hors-es and ride to the
Squire's* And
A B G E | D E G B | A B G E | D3 |]
w:mar-ried we will be, be, be, And mar-ried we will be.
%"(a)" A A/B/ d e/d/ || "(b)" B A/G/ G A/B/ ||
W:
W:O go and steal your father's gold,
W:And part of your mother's fee;
W:And we'll get on the horses and ride to the Squire's
W:And married we will be, be, be,
W:And married we will be.