Untrue Lover- Leone Duvall (MO) 1923 Randolph B
[From: Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. I, British Ballads and Songs, pp. 244-249.
R. Matteson 2016]
THE UNTRUE LOVER (Drowsy Sleeper) - Sung by Miss Leone Duvall of Pineville, MO, on September 2, 1923.
Oh who is this at my bedroom window?
Oh who is this a-botherin' me?
'Tis I, 'tis i your own true lover,
Awake, arise an' let me in.
Awake, arise and ask your father,
Go ask him if you my bride can be.
Oh no, I can not ask my father
For he is on his bed of rest.
Oh love, arise an' ask your mother,
Go ask her if you my bride can be.
Oh no, I will not ask my mother,
For your true love I can never be.
Farewell, farewell, my untrue lover,
For the very last time I will bother thee,
For if you loved me, you would foller
Far, far acrost the deep blue sea.
For days then how her heart did flutter,
With grief when she thought of the deep blue sea,
She cried my lover's gone a-sailin',
So far, so far away from me.
She goes down to the deep blue water,
And sends her thoughts o'er the briny sea,
She plunged into its fathomless bosom,
Sayin' here I take my final sleep.