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Help: Jealous Lover / Jealous Brother In Mudcat MIDIs: The Jealous Lover ((Noted by Helen Creighton from Nathan Hatt of Middle River, in June 1952) as far as I can tell this is unrelated to the two in the DT lmp) |
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Subject: Jealous Brother From: GUEST,ricklee@pobox.com Date: 15 Dec 01 - 06:52 PM I have been unable to find in digitrad, Bronson, or ballad index a song I learned nearly forty years ago from a Nova Scotia singer whose name now eludes me. Anyone have a source? Here are the lyrics as I remember them: "She dressed herself in men's attire So gaily was she dressed. Thinking to meet her own true love The one that she loved best. But when he saw her a-coming He cried out, "Who is there?" It is my eldest brother Thinking to meet my dear. But how soon will I deceive him For his butcher I shall be..." Anyway, he shoots her, thinking she's his brother, discovers his error, she dies, he shoots himself. Moral: "Be aware of jealousy." |
Subject: RE: Help: Jealous Brother From: Greg F. Date: 15 Dec 01 - 08:20 PM Hullo! From liner notes on Ian & Sylvia's "Northern Journey" album say: The Jealous Lover. From Helen Creighton's 'Maritime Folk Songs'. I'm a bit short of time right now, but if you can't turn up the album or the book, let me know &I'll try to get the lyrics posted. I've always liked the song! Best, Greg |
Subject: RE: Help: Jealous Brother From: GUEST,ricklee@pobox.com Date: 15 Dec 01 - 08:36 PM Thanks, Greg, This is very helpful. All the best, Rick http://ricklee.org |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE JEALOUS LOVER From: Greg F. Date: 15 Dec 01 - 08:57 PM What the heck, its the Christmas Season- & this is more fun than what I was doing, anyway. Enjoy- Best, Greg. -------------
THE JEALOUS LOVER
She dressed herself in men's attire, so gaily was she dressed.
"But how soon will I deceive him for his butcher I shall be.
"I fall, I fall, I fall" cried she, "I fall onto the ground
And when he saw what he had done he tore his lovin' hair
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE JEALOUS LOVER From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 24 Dec 01 - 11:33 AM Ian and Sylvia made some changes to the text, in some cases to make better sense of it. Here it is as originally sung:
THE JEALOUS LOVER
(Noted by Helen Creighton from Nathan Hatt of Middle River, in June 1952)
She dressed herself in men's attire, so gayly she was dressed,
But how soon will I deceive him for his butcher I will be,
"I fall, I fall, I fall," said she, "I fall unto the ground,
And when he saw her a-dying he tore his loving hair, Maritime Folk Songs, Helen Creighton, 1962. A midi of Mr. Hatt's tune will go in time to the Mudcat Midi Pages; in the meantime it can be heard via the South Riding Folk Network site:
Steve Roud's folksong index lists one other set of this song, called The Jealous Brother, which came from Mrs. Carrie Grover of Maine, and appeared in her book A Heritage of Song. |
Subject: RE: Help: Jealous Lover / Jealous Brother From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Sep 24 - 06:50 PM refresh |
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