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FACTOR'S SONG As I was walking in fair London town I saw a dead body lay there on the ground I ask-ed the reason that there made it lie And one was a lady made me this reply "His debts being unpaid He lies on the cold ground." 'Twas twenty pounds sterling I freely paid And into the ground this dead body was laid I traveled on further. I chanced for to see A beautiful lady that hang-eth must be ... Only for striking a Turkish lady. 'Twas twenty pounds sterling I fully laid down And took home with me to fair London town She is my housekeeper when I am from the land And whether I find to be just The keys to my riches I do with her trust. (The man was a duke) DT #545 Laws Q37 @charity From Flanders and Brown, Vermont Folksongs and Ballads. Fragment of longer song. Collected from Sharon Harrington in Manchester, VT in 1930. filename[ FACTRSNG SOF oct96 |
Factor's Song (Recorded by Mr. Brown, September 13, 1930, in Manchester, Vermont, from the singing of Mr. Sharon Harrington as learned from his mother, Rebecca Smith Harrington." Vermont Folksongs and Ballads (Helen Hartness Flanders and George Brown, 1931) ) |
