Young Lady in London- Hounchell (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from Sharp MS. At least three similar versions are found in Sharp's MSs. cf. Melton and short.
Similar to the Gosport broadsides openings except the second line has been changed:
1) IN Gosport of late there a damsel did dwell,
For wit and for beauty did many excel;
R. Matteson 2016]
Young Lady in London- Sung by Nola Hounchell of Beech Creek, Ky., on August 22, 1917. Collected by Cecil J. Sharp.
There was a young lady, in London she did dwell
There was a young lady, in London she did dwell,
Concerning her beauty there's no human tongue can tell.