The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13067   Message #108594
Posted By: Sandy Paton
26-Aug-99 - 12:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Betsy, a serving girl
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Betsy, a serving girl
The old East Anglian farm worker, Harry Cox, sings this on his Folk-Legacy recording, now available as a "custom cassette." His text resembles the "Johnny and Betsy" in the DT, which comes from Louise Pound's Nebraska collection, more than it does the other two versions there, but it does differ significantly. If you'd like to see the text as old Mr. Cox had it, I'll post it (all eleven verses!), but you'll have to tell me you want it. (I hate to type.) The cassette, by the way, comes with a booklet of notes on the songs and their complete texts, and is available through the Mudcat Shop. Check it out!

Sandy