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TWA MAGICIANS She looked out of the window As white as any milk He looked into the window As black as any silk Refrain "Hello, hello, hello, hello You coal black smith You have done me no harm You never shall have me maidenhead That I have kept so long I'd rather die a maid-o," And then she said, "And be buried all in me grave, Than to have such a nasty, Husky, dusty, fussy, musty Coal black smith! A maiden I shall die!" She became a hare, A hare all on the plain, And he became a good greyhound And fetched her back again. Refrain She became a duck, A duck all on the stream And he became a water-dog And fetched her back again Refrain She became a fly A fly all in the air And he became a spider And carried her to his lair Refrain She became a dove A dove all in the air And he became another dove And they flew pair in pair Refrain She became a plaid A plaid all on the bed And he became a coverlet And gained her maidenhead Refrain As recorded by Nancy Thym on "If I Had Wings Like Noah's Dove," Thym's notes say her version came from the singing of a blacksmith named Mr. Sparks, Minehead, S omerset, August 8, 1904. As noted in Bronson's 'The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads' (#44), the ve rsion that Cecil Sharp collected from Mr. Sparks on Aug 8th, 1904, was published in many places, starting with JFSS #6, p. 50, 1905, where his title for it was "The Two Magicians; or, The Coal Black Smith". [Earlier in the same issue of JFS S, starting on p. 40m Sharp gave 3 versions of "Hares on the Mountains". These t unes are also given by Bronson as well a tune for it from the complete Petrie co llection. WBO Sharp has only the hare, duck, and spider verses. He changes the chorus to: You never shall change my maiden name That I have kept so long Child #44 see MAGICN2 @magic @animal @contest @courtship filename[ 2MAGICN3 JRO WBO  8note Sheet |
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