William and Poll- Hooker (NC) 1924 Chappell A
[My title; fragment from Chappell, Folk-Songs of Roanoke and the Albemarle; Morgantown: Ballad Press, 1939, version A.
R. Matteson 2014]
2. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
A [William and Poll] (sung by Columbus Hooker, East Lake, NC 1924)
William was a false and a false young man,
He courted a lady gay,
Courted her for her heart and own good will,
All for to lead her astray.
Then he mounted the milk-white steed.,
And she the dappled gray;
They rode till they came to the north greensides
All on one summer day.
Get down, get down, my pretty little Poll,
And listen unto me,
For six fair maidens I have drowned here
And the seventh you shall be.