Trooper and the Maid- Hopkins (IN) 1935 Brewster
Brewster: Ballads and Songs of Indiana 1935
27. TROOPER AND MAID (Child, No. 299)
The sole Indiana text recovered is a combination of "Trooper and Maid" and "Young Hunting" (Child, No. 68). Stanzas 1, 4, 5, and 6 are from the former, while 2, 3, 7, and 8 belong to the "Young Hunting" story.
Other American texts are to be found in Campbell and Sharp, No. 37 (from North Carolina and Tennessee); Davis, p. 544 (two texts and one melody); Shearin and Combs, p. 9; Randolph, Ozark Mountain Folks, p. 209; BFSSNE, VII, 11 (fragment and air from Maine).
Scottish: Ord, Bothy Songs and Ballads, p. 365.
Cf. the following stanza from the Manx "Va shiaulteyr voish y twoiae" (JFSS, VII, 216):
There was a lady from the north
When the moon shone bright and clearly
A lady knew him by his horse
Because she loved him dearly.
No title given. Contributed by Mrs. A. J. Hopkins, of Boonville, Indiana. Warrick County. August 12, 1935. With music.
1. As I rode east and as I rode west,
As I rode out so early,
My lady knew me by my horse
Because she loved me dearly,
So dearly, so dearly,
Because she loved me dearly;
My lady knew me by my horse
Because she loved me dearly.
2. "0 where do you go, my lover?" she cried;
"0 where do you ride so gaily?"
"I go to meet my lily-white dove,
The one I love so dearly,
So dearly, so dearly,
The one I love so dearly;
I go to meet my lily-white dove,
The one I love so dearly."
3. "O why do you go, my lover?" she cried;
"O why do you go so early?
O stay, I pray, till the moon shall arise
Because I love you dearly,
So dearly, so dearly,
Because I love you dearly;
O stay, I pray, till the moon shall arise
Because I love you dearly."
4. She took his horse by the bridle rein
And she led him to the stable:
"Here's oats and corn for you,[1] young man;
To feed your horse we're able,
We're able, we're able,
To feed your horse we're able;
Here's oats and corn for you, young man;
To feed your horse we're able."
5. She took him by the lily-white hand
And she led him to the table:
"Here's cake and wine for you, young man ;
To eat and drink we're able,
We're able, we're able,
To eat and drink we're able;
Here's cake and wine for you, young man;
To eat and drink we're able."
6. "O when do we wed, my lover?" she cried;
"0 what is the need to tarry?"
"When corn grows on a white-oak tree
It is then, my love, we'll marry,
We'll marry, we'll marry,
It is then, my love, we'll marry;
When corn grows on a white-oak tree
It is then, my love, we'll marry."
7. He took his horse by the bridle rein;
"Adieu!" he cried so gaily;
"I go to see my fair ladylove,
The one I love most dearly,
Most dearly, most dearly,
The one I love most dearly;
I go to see my fair ladylove,
The one I love most dearly.'
8. He stooped to kiss her lily-white hand
And she stabbed him, weeping sorely,
"You ne'er shall see your fair ladylove,
The one you love most dearly,
Most dearly, most dearly,
The one you love most dearly;
You ne'er shall see your fair ladylove,
The one you love most dearly."
* For your horse?