The Cambric Shirt- Pritchard (NC) 1924 Chappell

The Cambric Shirt- Pritchard (NC) 1924 Chappell

[From Chappell's book, Folk-Songs of the Roanoke and Abermarle; 1939.

R. Matteson 2014]

The Cambric Shirt- Sung by Henry Pritchard, Weeksville, NC, 1924

Go make me a cambric seamless shirt,
Sea bright, sea goes merry in time,
Without needle or needle's work,
And then you'll be a true lover of mine.

Go wash it in yonders run,
Sea bright, sea goes merry in time,
Where rain never fell and water never sprung,
And then you'll be a true lover of mine.