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The Holy Well
Roud Folksong Index (S178273)

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As it fell out one high holiday

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1697 [Search for 1697 in the current indexes]

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3320

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Fletcher, Isabel

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England : Gloucestershire : Cinderford

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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1919 (5 Sep)

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Crafty Maid's Policy
Roud Folksong Index (S172578)

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I met a fair damsel, these words I did say

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1624 [Search for 1624 in the current indexes]

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3322

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Fletcher, Isabel

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England : Gloucestershire : Cinderford

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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1919 (7 Sep)

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The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S195018)

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There was a lady in merry Scotland

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3321

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Fletcher, Mr.

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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Crafty Maid's Policy / I Met A Fair Damsel
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3322)

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First Line

I met a fair damsel, these words I did say

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Fletcher, Isabel

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7 Sep 1919

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England : Gloucestershire : Cinderford

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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1624 [Search for 1624 in the current indexes]

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FW 3322

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3322. Title 'I Met A Fair Damsel' crossed out in the manuscript

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The Wife Of Usher's Well / King Herod
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3321)

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First Line

There was a lady in merry Scotland

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Fletcher, Mr.

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5 Sep 1919

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England : Gloucestershire : Cinderford

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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FW 3321

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Child 79

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3321. Two titles given in the manuscript. Title 'King Herod' placed in brackets in the manuscript

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The Holy Well
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3320)

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First Line

As it fell out one high holiday

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Fletcher, Isabel

Date collected

5 Sep 1919

Place

England : Gloucestershire : Cinderford

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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1697 [Search for 1697 in the current indexes]

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FW 3320

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3320

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  THE HOLY WELL.
  
  As it fell out one high holiday,
  
  One high holiday so high
  
  Sweet Jesus asked his mother dear
  
  Whether he might a-go to play.
  
  To play, to play, dear child, she did say,
  
  It's time you have been gone,
  
  And don't let me hear no complaints upon you
  
  At night when you do came home.
  
  O mother, I have been to merry little town
  
  As far as the old high well
  
  And there I did see some as fine a children
  
  As ever tongue can tell.
  
  They said they was lords' and ladies' sons,
  
  The meanest among them all,
  
  And I was nothing but a mild Mary's child
  
  Born in an oxen stall.
  
  If you were nothing but a mild Mary's child
  
  Born down in an oxen stall
  
  You shall be the crown of the kingdom of heaven
  
  And a ruler amongst them all.
  
  Sweet Jesus he turned himself,
  
  He neither did smile nor laugh.
  
  The tears a-came trinkling out of Jesus' eyes
  
  Like the waters from the skies.
  
  Sung by Mrs. Isabel Fletcher at Cinderford,
  
  Glos., Sept. 5th 1919.
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THE HOLY WELL.

As it fell out one high holiday,

One high holiday so high

Sweet Jesus asked his mother dear

Whether he might a-go to play.

To play, to play, dear child, she did say,

It's time you have been gone,

And don't let me hear no complaints upon you

At night when you do came home.

O mother, I have been to merry little town

As far as the old high well

And there I did see some as fine a children

As ever tongue can tell.

They said they was lords' and ladies' sons,

The meanest among them all,

And I was nothing but a mild Mary's child

Born in an oxen stall.

If you were nothing but a mild Mary's child

Born down in an oxen stall

You shall be the crown of the kingdom of heaven

And a ruler amongst them all.

Sweet Jesus he turned himself,

He neither did smile nor laugh.

The tears a-came trinkling out of Jesus' eyes

Like the waters from the skies.

Sung by Mrs. Isabel Fletcher at Cinderford,

Glos., Sept. 5th 1919.

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The Holy Well
Roud Folksong Index (S178273)

Crafty Maid's Policy
Roud Folksong Index (S172578)

The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S195018)

Crafty Maid's Policy / I Met A Fair Damsel
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3322)

The Wife Of Usher's Well / King Herod
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3321)

The Holy Well
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/3320)