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Title
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I courted a bonny lass
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Singer
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Iles, Elijah
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'An old favourite, formerly widely known. Words obtained of Elijah Iles, Inglesham and Sarah Calcott, Northmoor, Oxfordshire.'
Note 2
In Verse 1 Line 4 the original text read:
For she's going to be tied to another
In Verse 7, Line 4 the original text read:
For she's going to be tied to another
In Verse 8 Line 2 the original text was:
And strew it over with flowers so sweet
Note 3
The version printed in WGS has a different first verse from which the others follow on as Verse 2 - 9. The text is:
Verse 1
A week before Easter, the day is long and clear,
So beautiful shone the sun, and so cold blowed the air,
I went to the forest some flowers to get there,
But the forest would yield me no posies.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
