Trooper and the Maid- Stockton (TN) 1916 Sharp B
From: English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; 1917
Notes: No. 37. The Trooper and the Maid.
Texts without tunes:—Child, No. 299.
Texts with tunes:—Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, ii., 210. Songs of the West, 2nd ed., No. 65.
No. 37; The Trooper and the Maid- Stockton, TN 1916; Sharp B
1. "Here's cakes and wine for you, young man;
Eat and drink, we're able.
Here's cakes and wine for you, young man;
Eat and drink, we're able.
Yes, we're able, we're able,
Here's cakes and wine for you, young man;
Eat and drink, we're able."
2 He pulled off his shoe-boot clothes
As he rose from the table,
He pulled off his shoe-boot clothes
And into the arms of the lady.
Yes, the lady, the lady,
He pulled off his shoe-boot clothes
And into the arms of the lady.
3 The trumpet now is sounding,
And I must go and leave you.
O soldier, my dear, don't you leave me here,
For if you do I'm ruined for ever.
Yes, for ever, for ever,
O soldier, my dear, don't you leave me here,
For if you do I'm ruined for ever.
4 O when will you come back, my love,
Or when will we get married?
When conk-shells turn to silver bells,
O then, my love, we'll marry.
Yes, we'll marry, we'll marry,
When conk-shells turn to silver bells,
O then, my love, we'll marry.