Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Wheeler (VA) 1918 Sharp H; Bronson 100
[From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; Sharp/Karpeles 1932; version H--my title. the whole first line is the full title.]
[Take the Most of your Father's Gold]- Sung by Mrs. Laurel Wheeler, Buena Vista, Va., May 2, 1918.
Take the most of your father's gold
Likewise your mother's fee
And two of your father's best horses
Come go along with me.
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X:100
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Sharp MSS., 4204/. Also in Sharp and Karpeles, 1932, I,
O:p. I2(H). Sung by Mrs. Laurel Wheeler, Buena Vista, Va., May 2, I9I8.
N:Cf. also variants of "The Daemon Lover" or "The House Carpenter" (Child #243).
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dm
c2 | d3 e f2 ee | d2 A2 G2 c2 |
w:(Oh) Take the most of your fath-er's gold Like-
d3 e f2 ec | d6 G2 | B2 cc d2 AF |
w:wise your moth-er's* fee And two of your fath-er's_
G2 GF D2 DF | "(a)"G2 Bc dc A2 | G6 |]
w:best hor-*ses Come* go a-*long* with me.
%"(a)"G2 Bc d2 cA ||
W:
W:Take the most of your father's gold
W:Likewise your mother's fee
W:And two of your father's best horses
W:Come go a-long with me.