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Four Wanton Ballads
Song Cycle by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011)
1. Pleasant New Court Song
Language: English
2. Godly Girzie
Language: English
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3. The Sandgate lass's lamentation  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
I was a young maiden truly, And lived in Sandgate Street; I thought to marry a good man, To keep me warm and neat; Some good-like body, some bonny body, To be with me at noon; But last I married a keelman, And my good days are done. I thought to marry a parson, To hear me say my prayers But I have married a keelman, And he kicks me down the stairs. He's an ugly body, a bubbly body, An illfaured ugly loon: And I have married a keelman, And my good days are done. I thought to marry a dyer, To dye my apron blue; But I have married a keelman, And he makes me sairly rue. He's an ugly body, a bubbly body, An illfaured ugly loon: And I have married a keelman, And my good days are done. I thought to marry a sailor, To bring me sugar and tea ; But I have married a keelman, And that he lets me see." He's an ugly body, a bubbly body, An illfaured ugly loon: And I have married a keelman, And my good days are done -- done.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Northumbrian
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Language: English
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