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MARRY? NO, NOT I A Newfoundland sailor was walking by the strand He spied a pretty fair young maid, and took her by the hand "Oh, will you go to Newfoundland, along with me?" he cried But the answer that she gave him was, "It's, oh no, not I" "To think that I would marry you, on me twould lay the blame Your friends and relations would scorn me to shame If you was born of noble blood and me of low degree Do you think that I would marry you? It's oh no, not me." Then six months being over and seven coming neigh This pretty fair young maid, she began to look so shy Her corsets would not touch and her apron wouldn't tie Made her think on all the times she said, "Oh no, not I" Then eight months being over and nine months coming on This pretty fair young maiden she brought forth a son She wrote a letter to her love, to come most speedily But the answer that he gave her was, "oh no, not me." He said, "My pretty fair maid, the best thing you can do Is take your babe all on your back and a begging you may go And when that you get tired, you can sit you down and cry And think on all the times you said, "Oh no, not I" So come all you pretty fair maids, a warning take by me Don't ever put your trust in a green willow tree For the leaves they will wither and the roots they will die Don't you see what you can come to saying, "oh no, not I" @courtship @baby @beggar recorded by Margaret Christl filename[ MARRYNO SOF |
Marry? Oh No, Not I (a transcription from a recording by Margaret Christl, and names no traditional source. I think it a fairly safe bet that this was also taken from Peacock, who published a set -from Everett Bennett again- which is textually nearly identical, though Christl has made some minor alterations; including the title, which was Oh No, Not I. Compare, first Bennett's first verse, then Christl's: A Newfoundland sailor was walking the Strand, He met a pretty fair maid, and took her by the hand, Saying, "Will you come to Newfoundland along with me?" he cried. And the answer that she made to him was "Oh no, not I." A Newfoundland sailor was walking by the strand He spied a pretty fair young maid, and took her by the hand "Oh, will you go to Newfoundland, along with me?" he cried But the answer that she gave him was, "It's, oh no, not I." That's The Strand in London, rather than the seaside! Midi made from Peacock's notation. The song has turned up quite a bit in England and Canada, and occasionally in the USA; it appeared on 19th century broadsides both as No, my love, not I and The Newfoundland Sailor. Roud Index number 1403.) |
