Three Times Around- Williams (IO) c1865 Bronson 101.1
[My title. From Bronson addenda; with music.
R. Matteson 2014]
[Three Times Around] Bronson 101.1. "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" Sung by Mrs. John Williams (nee Violet Selena Hawkins) Iowa City, Iowa, January 1 and February 5, 1922 in 1865-70, in Penn Township, Johnson County, Iowa; recorded by Mrs. Flora Brennan. Communicated by Prof. Charles A. Williams.
He turned himself three times around,
With his eyes on the leaves of the tree
She picked him up in her arms so strong
And plunged him into the sea, sea, sea
And plunged him into the sea.