In another thread, someone mentioned "An S-O-N-G from Marrow Bones. I thought it might be worthwhile to explore a few versions of the song.

AMONG THE GREEN HAY

1. As I was a-walking one morning in May
'Twas down in the meadow among the green hay,
My true love he met me the very same day,
'Twas down in the meadow among the green hay

2. What makes you my dearest this morning to mourn?
I wish to my own heart I could your’s adorn.
Do you think you find your own jewel more shy
Than T.I.M.O.T.H.Y.

3. My father is worth five hundred a year
And I am his daughter & his only dear.
Not a farthing of fortune he'll give me, I fear
If I marry Y.O.U. my dear.

4. O as for your fortune my dear I don't mind
I'll make you a husband both loving & kind
Put your hand into mine, Miss, if you are inclined
And Cupid shall U.S. in harmony bind.

5. So then to the church they hastened away,
And home to her father the very same day
Saying, Honoured father, I tell unto thee
I am M.A.R.R.I.E.D.

6. So then the old man he began for to stare,
What, married, my daughter, my love and my care!
Saying, if it be so - then I have a new son
And to him I say W.E.L.C.U.M. [sic]

Sent to Baring-Gould by Miss F.J. Adams, Mutley, Plymouth.

We have added Verse 2 from the version collected from Mrs Vaisey of Adwell, Oxfordshire by Lucy Broadwood, which she sent to Baring-Gould and which is included in his manuscript (though it is said
there that it came from Hampshire).


Sung by Shan Graebe on 'Dusty Diamonds' (WildGoose, WGS359CD)

Source: https://martinandshan.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Among-the-green-hay.pdf

https://sbgsongs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Among-the-green-hay1.pdf

Also see https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/amongthegreenhay.html

Freda Palmer recording of "As I Was A-Walking": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMSlg5CrGwM Tune Freda Palmer uses is "Villikins and his Dinah"