X:92010710
T:RVW2/1/71 Down by Some River
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/1/71
C:Sung by Mr. Flint, a shepherd, (came from West Grinstead, Sussex)
C:Taylor's Farm, Lyne, Surrey, August 20th 1907
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/8=120
M:5/8
K:Edor
A | GF E2 A | GF HE2 A |"^(a)" Be (d^c)B |[M:6/8] GAB-B2 A |
w: Down by some river in mur-mur side where sil-ver streams_ do gent-ly glide_ I
"^(b)" BeA A2 B |AE(E D) z D | EF(G/A/) B2 B |[M:5/8]"^(c)" AF E2 ||
w: heard a fair maid ma-king her moan:_ "How can I live_ now my Jim-my's gone?"
A | GF E2 A | GF HE2 A |[M:6/8]"^(a) var." Be A3 A | GA B3 A |
[M:5/8]"^(b) var." Be A2 (A/^c/) |[M:6/8] AE(E D) z D |EF(G/A/) B2 B |\
[M:5/8]"^(c) var." (A/G/) F2 HE |]
W:
W: 1.Down by some river in murmur side 
W: Where silver streams do gently glide
W: I heard a fair maid making her moan:
W: "How can I live now my Jimmy's gone?"  
W: 
W: 2.O "Father, fetch me a little boat
W: "That on the ocean I might float
W: "And every Queen's ship I do sail by
W: "I will enquire for my sailor boy."
W:
W: 3.She had not sailed long in the deep
W: Before some Queen's ship she chanced to meet.
W: "Come jo'ful[?] sailors, come tell me true,
W: If my young Jimmy sails along with you."
W: 
W: 
W: 4. "O no, fair lady, he is not here,
W: "For he is drownded I greatly fear.
W: "Near yonder island that we passed by
W: "'Twas there we lost your Jimmy boy."
W: 
W: 5.She wrung her hands, she tore her hair,
W: Just like some woman in despair.
W: Her boat up against some rock did run.
W: "How can I live with my Jimmy gone?"
W: 
W: 6."I will go down to some shady grove;
W: "There I'll go and make my woe,
W: "Telling the small birds, telling my grief,
W: "That they might grant me some small relief."