X:620080
T:GB/6b/8 The Cruel Father and Affectionate Lovers
C:Sung by Mr. George Knight, Horsham, Sussex, April 1907
C:Collected by GSK Butterworth
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/8
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/4
M:5/4
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=100
K:G
D | G E D G G | A A A B (B/c/) |[M:3/2] d d c2 (B3/2 G/) |
w: It's of a dam-sel both fair and hand-some. These_ lines are true as_|
[M:5/4] A A G2 D/D/ | G E D G G/G/ |A A A B (B/c/) |
w:I've been told. By the banks of Shan-non in a lof-ty man-sion her_
[M:3/2] d d c2 (B3/2 G/) |[M:5/4] A A G2 B | c d e c A |[M:3/2] B c d B z d |
w:fath-er claimed great_store of gold. Her|hair was black as a rav-en's fea-ther, Her
[M:5/4] c B A G E | F G D2 D |$ G E D G G |
w: form and fea-tures des-cribe who can? But since it's fol-ly be-
A A A B (B/c/) |[M:3/2] d d c2 B3/2 G/ | A A G3 |]
w:longs to nat-ure, She_|fell in love with a|ser- vant man.|
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%%text Editorial note:
%%text The following note from Lucy Broadwood is attached to the MS here:
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%%text Under the title here given the song is often found on broadsides.
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%%text It is included in the Journal, Vol. i No. 4, p.220, Vol. ii No. 7
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%%text 97 and 98 and Vol. iii No. 13, p. 294, with many references
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%%text of interest. A Surrey version with the tune harmonised is in
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%%text English Traditional Songs and Carols under the title "The Young
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%%text Servant Man" or "Two Affectionate Lovers". - L.E.B.