The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89221   Message #3959973
Posted By: Joe Offer
03-Nov-18 - 11:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins:Colin and Phoebe (Corydon & Phoebe)
Subject: ADD Version: Colin and Phoebe
This was sung by Pop Maynard, recorded by Frank Purslow & Ken Stubbs in the singer's home in Copthorne, Sussex, 27 February 1960.
Voice of the People Volume 6, Tonight I'll Make You My Bride, Track 12 (from the CD booklet)

COLIN AND PHOEBE

“Well met, dearest Phoebe, Oh, why in such haste?
The fields and the meadows all day have I chased
In search of my fair one who does me disdain.
I’d hope that you’ll reward me for all my long pain.”

“Go, go, boldest Colin, how dare you be a-seen
With a virgin like me that is scarcely sixteen?
To be seen all alone with a man I’m afraid
The world will no longer soon call me a maid.”

“Never mind what the world say; it will all prove a lie.
We’re not here alone; there’s a cottage just by.
Let them judge of our actions and say what they will,
There’s no harm here intended to my Phoebe, I’ll swear.”

“Go, go, boldest Colin, you may say what you will.
You may lie, swear or flatter or try your best skill,
But before I’ll be conquered, I will have you to know,
I’ll first die a virgin, so pray let me go.”

“Oh, Phoebe my charmer, such thoughts I never had.
I came for to see if tomorrow you’d wed,
But since you so slighted me, I will bid you adieu
And go and seek some other girl more kinder than you.”

“Stay, stay, dearest Colin, just a few moments stay.
I will venture to wed if you mean what you say.
Let tomorrow first come, my love, in church you will find
The girl you once thought cruel will always prove kind.
Let tomorrow first come, my love, in church you will find
The girl you once thought cruel will always prove kind."

Pop Maynard recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF4MSdHNpVM (may not play outside US)

Harry Cox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-Q15vnF9I