Sweet William - Whisenhunt (AR-OK) 1964 Moores B
[From Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest; Moores, 1964. Informant was born 1872. With the Moores info there's no way to accurately gauge the date this was learned.
R. Matteson 2014]
B. Sweet William and Lady Marget, sung by M. E. Whisenhunt of Slick. Mr. Whisenhunt was born in Arkansas and moved to McAlester in 1895.
"Sweet William, Sweet William,
Dressed in blue;
Come tell to me this long, long love
Between Lady Marget and you."
"I'm sure I know none of Lady Marget,
And I'm sure she knows none of
On Monday morn about eight o' clock,
Lady Marget my bride shall see."