Come Roll the Cotton Down (A Chantey...) Local Number - H879 - Collected from James G. Bounds - at Portsmouth Workhouse, Hampshire by Dr. George Gardiner in August 1907. As I was a walking out one morn (day) Come Roll the Cotton Down A fine (fair) young girl I chanced for to meet Come Roll the Cotton Down Good morning to you, my pretty maid Oh where are you going to, my pretty maid? I’m going a-milking, Sir she said Can I come with you, my pretty maid? You can come if you like, kind Sir she said So he took her in tow and away did go Now what is your father, my pretty maid? My father’s a farmer, Sir she said And what is your Mother, my pretty maid? The same as my Father, Sir she said And what is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, sir she said Then I can’t marry you, my pretty maid Nobody asked you, Sir she said As I was a walking out one morn (day) Come Roll the Cotton Down A fine (fair) young girl I chanced for to meet Come Roll the Cotton Down A copy of my recording - https://soundcloud.com/tim-radford/roll-the-cotton-down Tim Radford
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