| Author | Topic: Add: The Banks of Green Willow | |
| dmcg | Posted - 02 Feb 03 - 06:26 pm | |
The Banks of Green Willow It's of a sea captain lived near the seaside, oh, And he's courted a lady till she prov-ed with child, oh. "Oh, its fetch me some of your father's gold and some of your mother's money, That I might go on board a ship with my own dearest honey". We hadn't been on board the ship but six weeks or better Before she wanted women and could not get any. "Oh, its hold your tongue you sill girl; oh, it's hold your tongue, my honey, For we cannot get women for love nor for money". I tied a napkin round her head, I tied it round softly, And I throwed her right over, both she and her baby. I got out upon the deck for to see my love in the water, Seeing how she doth swim, my boys, seeing how she doth swagger. She will never leave off swimming till she come to some harbour. Oh, she shall have a coffin if ever she is founded. Oh, she shall have a coffin, and the nail shall shine yellow, And my love shall be buried on the banks of green willow. Source: Palmer, Roy, Bushes and Briars, LLanerch, 1999 Notes: Collected by Vaughan Williams from David Clements, Basingstoke in 1909 Database entry is here. | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 02 Feb 03 - 09:19 pm | |
Roud 172 Child 24 (Bonnie Annie) RVW recorded from time to time on wax cylinder. David Clements (probably; many of the labels are missing) can be heard singing Banks of Green Willow on the CD A Century of Song: A Celebration of Traditional Singers Since 1899 (EFDSSCD02, 1998), issued by the English Folk Dance and Song Society to mark the centenary of the Folk Song Society. Frank Purslow (The Constant Lovers, EFDS 1972), points out that "banks of green willow" is a corruption of the earlier form "banks of Yarrow". Edited By Malcolm Douglas - 02/02/2003 21:28:53 | ||
| Pip Freeman | Posted - 26 Aug 03 - 01:01 pm | |
I've just listened to The Banks of Green Willow on Classic FM. It was called An Idyll for Orchestra by Butterworth, from a collection of English Follk songs by Vaughan Williams, it was quite lovely. On looking up the Banks of Green Willow I see it was also called Bonnie Annie, The Undutiful Daughter and Jonah's ballad. | ||