Bluegrass Messengers

Yonder Sits- Frances Repetto (TC) 1938 Munch B

[From Munch, "Song Tradition of Tristan da Cunha (1970)," pp. 90-93 (version b); originally titled "Yonder.'

R. Matteson 2017]

B. [Yonder Sits] sung by Frances Repetto of Tristan da Cunha circa 1938.

1. Yonder sits a handsome lady,
What's her name I do not know,
But I'll go and court her for her beauty
Whether she be rich or poor.

2. "Maiden, I have come to court you,
If your favour I can gain;
But you kindly incontain[1] me,
P'rhaps I may come back again.

3. "Maiden, I got gold and silver,
Maiden, 1 got houses and land,
Maiden, I got rings and jewelry,
All shall be at your command."

4. "What care I for your gold and silver,
What care I for your houses and land,
What care I for your rings and jewelry,
All I want is a handsome man.

5. "You may go home, kind Sir, you're welcome,
P'rhaps your face I'll never see more,
But all I want is a handsome young man,
Whether he be rich or poor."

6. "Maiden, you talk much of beauty,
Beauty is a thing that soon will decay;
The fairest flower that blooms in summer
Only bloom to die away."

1. "entertain" me