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ONCE I COURTED A LADY BEAUTY BRIDE (THE BEAUTY, BEAUTY BRIDE; CHARMING BEAUTY BRIGHT) Sung by: Mrs. Ollie Gilbert Recorded in Timbo, AR 10/13/59 Click here to listen to the original recording On her reflection placed my whole heart’s delight. I courted her for love, and love I did obtain. Why should any reason, a reason to complain. I courted her not better than six months ago. Then her parents came for to know. They locked her up so closely, they kept her this whole year: Never did I get one sight of my dear. Once or twice a day to her window I would go To see if my love had forsaken me or no. Every time I went, she’d make me this reply: “I love the boy that loves me; I’ll love him ‘till I die.” Then to the war I resolved for to go, To see if I could forget my love or no, But when I got there, the army shone so bright, The deepest of my thoughts was my whole heart’s delight. Seven long years I served my king, And after seven years returned home again. Her Mama saw me coming; she wrung her hands and cried, Saying, “My daughter loved you dearly, and for your sake she died.” I stopped in a moment like a man had been slain. The tears from my eyes fell like showers of rain. “Oh, where is my true love, and how does she do? If yonder be her grave, I wish I were there, too.” Also found in Randolph, Vol. I, #86, “The Beauty, Beauty Bride”; Brown, Vol. II, #88, “Charming Beauty Bright.” |
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