The Jew's Daughter- Coleman (VA) 1935 Wilkinson; Bronson 36.
[My title, replacing the Child title. From Wilkinson MSS., 1935-1936 p. 78; Bronson 36.
R. Matteson 2015]
[The Jew's Daughter] "Sir Hugh," or "The Jew's Daughter"- Sung by Miss Julia Coleman. Richmond, Va., December 5, 1935.
1. It rained a mist, it rained a mist,
It rained all over the town.
And all the boys in our town
Went our to toss their balls, their balls,
Went out to toss their balls.
2. They tossed their balls so very high,
And then so very low.
And then so very high again,
Right over Jew's garden did go, did go,
Right over Jew's garden did go.'
3. Out comes the Jew's daughter,
Out comes the Jew's daughter,
All dressed in green.
Come in my pretty boy and get your ball again, again,
And get your ball again.
4. I won't come in, I shan't come in,
For I'll never come out any more.
I'll never come out any more, any more,
I'll never come out any more.
5. She took by his lily white hand,
And led him through the hall.
And put him in a dark cellar
Where none could hear his call, his call,
Where none could hear his call.
6. She wrapped him in a new napkin,
And in a towel too.
And pinned him all around with pins
To keep his life blood in, in, in,
To keep his life blood in.