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#Then he pulled off his small cloth<br/>His body to destroy<br/>He clutched his hands on Polly<br/>His dear and only joy<br/><br/> | #Then he pulled off his small cloth<br/>His body to destroy<br/>He clutched his hands on Polly<br/>His dear and only joy<br/><br/> | ||
#Saying: I’ve no friends or relations<br/>My dear to mourn for me<br/>‘Tis on the cold and clutty banks<br/>I’ll die with my Polly<br/><br/> | #Saying: I’ve no friends or relations<br/>My dear to mourn for me<br/>‘Tis on the cold and clutty banks<br/>I’ll die with my Polly<br/><br/> | ||
[[Susan Williams]], Haselbury, [[Somerset]] collected by [[Cecil Sharp]] 27th Dec 1905<br/><br/> | [[Susan Williams]], Haselbury, [[Somerset]]; collected by [[Cecil Sharp]] 27th Dec 1905<br/><br/> | ||
[[Media:Floating down the tide.pdf|Floating down the tide - tune]] | |||
Cecil Sharp MSS, [[Folk Words]] pp.795-796 / [[Folk Tunes]] p.706 | Cecil Sharp MSS, [[Folk Words]] pp.795-796 / [[Folk Tunes]] p.706 | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 3 December 2008
Floating down the tide
Roud number 1414
- O eight long months she’s been with child
She cried unto her love
Crying: Johnny, dearest Johnny
Prove kind and marry me - Go home to your parents
And do the best you can
And tell them that young Johnny
Has proved a false young man - I shan’t go to my parents
For the shame of my disgrace
But I will go and drown myself
Into some lonesome place - Then she pulled out her fine cloth
Her body to destroy
Saying: Farewell, false-hearted Johnny
For your sweet sake I die - As Johnny was a-walking
Sown by some riverside
he saw his own dear Polly
Come floating down the tide - Then he pulled off his small cloth
His body to destroy
He clutched his hands on Polly
His dear and only joy - Saying: I’ve no friends or relations
My dear to mourn for me
‘Tis on the cold and clutty banks
I’ll die with my Polly
Susan Williams, Haselbury, Somerset; collected by Cecil Sharp 27th Dec 1905
Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.795-796 / Folk Tunes p.706