Yonder Stands a Handsome Creature- Jake Sowder (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title. Composite from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3136). Originally titled, O No John (Play Song). All the stanzas are organized around the first and they seem to be a recreation rather than from a different song.
R. Matteson 2017]
Yonder Stands a Handsome Creature- sung by Jake Sowder of Callaway, Virginia on August 14, 1918.
Yonder stands a handsome beauty,
O her name I do not know,
For her beauty I'll go and court her
Make her answer Yes or No.
Mr. Hellam laid his arms around her
Unto Anne he did say
There's no so fair nor half so handsome
Miss Anne you are the one for me
Go away, go away don't you come a-nigh me,
Thus the scornful girl did say,
O come to my arms a long lost lover,
One more kiss from you I pray.