Hi, This is an early version of Child 2, my title, from James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/3/J, p. 06902: Cameric Sark- sung by Alexander Brown of Anchor Cottage, Land street, Rothes (Moray) Scotland. Heard about sixty years ago, dated c.1870. As I was a walkin' early one day, Where every rose sprung bonnie an' thyme, It's there I met a bonnie fair may, An' fain wid she be a true lover o' mine. CHORUS: True lover o' mine, true lover o' mine An' fain wid she be a true lover o' mine. Ye'll mak unto me a cameric sark withoot ony stichin' nor yet needle waurk, Syne since ye've asked this question o me, Where every rose sprung bonnie an' thyme, But I've got something to speir at ye, Afore ye can be a true lover o mine. Ye'll ploo unto me an acre o land Atween the saut sea an' the strand, Ye'll ploo it all ower wi' a ram’s horn, And saw [sow] it all ower wi' a seed o corn, "We'll cut it all doon wi' a peacock's fether, An' ye'll bind it up wi' the sting o an ather [adder]. So when ye've finished all yer waurk Ye'll come unto me, an' ye’ll get yer sark, * * * * Richie
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