. Folk-songs of English origin collected in the Appalachian Mountains . THE OLD MANS COURTSHIP 66 THE OLD MAN S COURTSHIP. 1. There was an old man came over the sea, M, m\ m\ and I wont have him,Came over the sea a-courting- of me. With his old beard and you may shave him. 2. My mother she told me to give him a chair. I g-ave him a chair and he called me his dear. 3. My father he told me to g-ive him a guve him a stool and he sat like a fool. 4. My mother she told me to g-ive him some g-ave him some bread and he nodded his head. My father he told me to g-ive him some meat. 5. I
. Folk-songs of English origin collected in the Appalachian Mountains . THE OLD MANS COURTSHIP 66 THE OLD MAN S COURTSHIP. 1. There was an old man came over the sea, M, m\ m\ and I wont have him,Came over the sea a-courting- of me. With his old beard and you may shave him. 2. My mother she told me to give him a chair. I g-ave him a chair and he called me his dear. 3. My father he told me to g-ive him a guve him a stool and he sat like a fool. 4. My mother she told me to g-ive him some g-ave him some bread and he nodded his head. My father he told me to g-ive him some meat. 5. I g-ave him some meat, Lord! how he did eat. 14837 67 THE OLD MANS COURTSHIP Ma titrata. „*> ^ S 3 pE^ m a 1. There was an old man came3. My fa-ther he told me to m in * n ^m 3±^£ / <M m dim. m a fe^ ^ ^-ir-k ; r *- Came o - ver the sea,give him a stool. M, m, ni\ and I wont have ^-^-^=^1-^ b r >> jm j. j ^ o - ver the sea a - court-ing- of him a stool and he sat like a fool With his old beard and ^ ±E ? r= m m T f r=r- ^^ F: m Copyright, /».*•/, by Kovello A Company, Limited. 68 Ll J «h Js> 7 It- * ^ £=£=£=53 Me # # you may shave him. m 2. My mo-ther she told me to give him a My mo-ther she told me to give him some bread. = ■ —* j d d v _» *
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