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  The Banks of Green Willow

  First version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

   

  [Music:1]

   

  Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

   

  [Music:2]

   

  courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

   

  Second Version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

  Mixolydian innfluence

   

  [Music:3]

  [Music:4]

  

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The Banks of Green Willow

First version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

 

[Music:1]

 

Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

 

[Music:2]

 

courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

 

Second Version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

Mixolydian innfluence

 

[Music:3]

[Music:4]

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  187         Banks of Green Willow

   

  (Mrs Cranstone)

   

   

   

  1.

  Oh it's of a young sea-captain

  Lived by the seaside o -

  He courted a farmer's daughter

  And he made her his bride o -.

   

  2. 

  Go, and fetch some of your father's gold

  Likewise your mother's money.

  And you shall sail along with me,

  And I'll make you my honey.

   

  3.

  She fetched him some of her father's gold,

  Likewise her money’s [sic] money,

  And she did sail along with him,

  To the Banks of Green Willow.

   

  4.

  They had not been aboard ship

  6 months or so many,

  Before she wanted woman's help

  And she couldn't get any.

   

  5.

  "Pray what is your woman's help

  Cannot I do it for thee!"

  "No you can't do it for me,

  For love nor for money."

   

  6.

  "Come bind a napkin round my head

  Come bind it so softly,

  And throw me ed her overboard

  Both me & my she & her baby."

   

  7.

  So he bound the napkin round her head

  He bound it so softly,

  And then throwed her overboard,

  Both she and her baby.

   

  8.

  O look you boys, O look you there

  O see how she quivers.

  She swam till she came

  To the banks of green willows.

   

  9.

  O my love shall have a coffin made

  Lined with gold & bright silver.

  And she shall be buried

  On the banks of green willow.

   

  10.

  Come you toll the bell come toll the bell.

  Come you toll it so softly,

  For its my true love that is dead & gone,

  Whom I once loved so dearly.

   

  Journal ll. 33

   

   

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  The Banks of Green Willow

  First version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

   

  [Music:1]

   

  Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

   

  [Music:2]

   

  courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

   

  Second Version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

  Mixolydian innfluence

   

  [Music:3]

  [Music:4]

  
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  1. Oh its of a young sea-captain

  Lved by the seaside o

  And he courted a farmer's daughter,

  And he made her his bride o

   

  2. "Go and fetch some of your father's gold,

  Likewise your mother's money,

  And you shall sail along with me,

  And I'll make you my honey."

   

  3. She fetched him some of her father's gold,

  Likewise her mother's money,

  And she did sail along with him

  To the Banks of Green Willow.

   

  4. They had not been aboard ship

  Six months or so many,

  Before she wanted woman's help,

  And she couldn't get any

   

  5. "Pray what is your woman's help,

  Cannot I do it for thee?"

  "No you can't do it for me,

  For love not for money."

   

  6. "Come bind a napkin round my head,

  Come bind it so softly,

  And then throw me overboard,

  Both me and my baby."

   

  7. So he bound the napkin round her head,

  He bound it so softly,

  And then he throwed her overboard,

  Both she and her baby.
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  8. O look, you boys, O look you there,

  O see how she quivers.

  She swam till she came 

  To the Banks of Green Willows.

   

  9. O my love shall have a coffin made

  Lined with gold and bright silver,

  And she shall be buried 

  On the Banks of Green Willow.

   

  10. Come you toll the bell, come toll the bell,

  Come you toll it softly,

  For its my true love that is dead and gone,

  Whom I once loved so dearly.

   

  The words belong to the first version.

  G.S.K.B.
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  Green Willow

   

  The following tune comes from the collection of the late Mr Hammond

   

  Noted by H E D Hammond

  Sung by Mr J Welsh, Wareham (Dorset)

   

  [Music:1]

   

  'Tis of a sea captain who lived near the seaside (o) he court a farmer's daughter that he

   

  [Music:2]

   

  once love so dearly

   

  [Music:3]

   

  Come toll the bell come toll the bell oh come toll it loud and easily

   

  [Music:4]

  
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  Banks of Green Willow

   

  There are Scottish versions of this, known as "Bonnie Annie", "The High Banks of Yarrow" and "The Merchant's Daughter". (See Child, under "Bonnie Annie") Kinlock's version of "Bonnie Annie" gives a clue to the throwing overboard of mother and child. The ship will not sail ("There's fey* fowk in the ship, She winna sail for me") and lots are cast to decide who is the guilty or doomed person causing the trouble. The lot falls on "Bonnie Annie", who at her own wish is cast overboard, like Jonah. The Jonah tradition story is perhaps the ultimate source of the ballad, though "Bonnie Annie" is not alone in her guilt.

  Mr Butterworth's first version and the Hammond's Dorset variant bear considerable resemblance to the Welsh air "Jenny Jones", if the order of the first and second part of the tune be reversed.

  The Rev J. K. Maconachie sent me a few years ago the following tune and a fragment of the ballad as sung in Aberdeenshire in his childhood. I think his version ended with the elopement.

   

  Music: The Merchants Daughter

   

  She's gane to her father,

  Got gold and white money,

  An' she's got a ship 

  And awa' wi' her Johnnie

  Awa' wi' her Johnnie etc

   

  Print as footnote

  * destined to die. "Fey" is a term sometimes applied in Scotland to an unnatural wildness of spirits or strangeness of manner supposed to be an omen of approaching death.

   

  A.G.G.
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  Banks of Green Willow

   

  To Mr Keel

   

  I should be inclined to retain this, if only for the sake of Mr Maconachie's Scotch version. I do not know of any version of "Bonnie Annie" in print. I cannot find the ballad in Christie at all

   

  A.G.G.

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The Banks of Green Willow

First version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

 

[Music:1]

 

Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

 

[Music:2]

 

courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

 

Second Version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

Mixolydian innfluence

 

[Music:3]

[Music:4]

1. Oh its of a young sea-captain

Lved by the seaside o

And he courted a farmer's daughter,

And he made her his bride o

 

2. "Go and fetch some of your father's gold,

Likewise your mother's money,

And you shall sail along with me,

And I'll make you my honey."

 

3. She fetched him some of her father's gold,

Likewise her mother's money,

And she did sail along with him

To the Banks of Green Willow.

 

4. They had not been aboard ship

Six months or so many,

Before she wanted woman's help,

And she couldn't get any

 

5. "Pray what is your woman's help,

Cannot I do it for thee?"

"No you can't do it for me,

For love not for money."

 

6. "Come bind a napkin round my head,

Come bind it so softly,

And then throw me overboard,

Both me and my baby."

 

7. So he bound the napkin round her head,

He bound it so softly,

And then he throwed her overboard,

Both she and her baby.

8. O look, you boys, O look you there,

O see how she quivers.

She swam till she came 

To the Banks of Green Willows.

 

9. O my love shall have a coffin made

Lined with gold and bright silver,

And she shall be buried 

On the Banks of Green Willow.

 

10. Come you toll the bell, come toll the bell,

Come you toll it softly,

For its my true love that is dead and gone,

Whom I once loved so dearly.

 

The words belong to the first version.

G.S.K.B.

Green Willow

 

The following tune comes from the collection of the late Mr Hammond

 

Noted by H E D Hammond

Sung by Mr J Welsh, Wareham (Dorset)

 

[Music:1]

 

'Tis of a sea captain who lived near the seaside (o) he court a farmer's daughter that he

 

[Music:2]

 

once love so dearly

 

[Music:3]

 

Come toll the bell come toll the bell oh come toll it loud and easily

 

[Music:4]

Banks of Green Willow

 

There are Scottish versions of this, known as "Bonnie Annie", "The High Banks of Yarrow" and "The Merchant's Daughter". (See Child, under "Bonnie Annie") Kinlock's version of "Bonnie Annie" gives a clue to the throwing overboard of mother and child. The ship will not sail ("There's fey* fowk in the ship, She winna sail for me") and lots are cast to decide who is the guilty or doomed person causing the trouble. The lot falls on "Bonnie Annie", who at her own wish is cast overboard, like Jonah. The Jonah tradition story is perhaps the ultimate source of the ballad, though "Bonnie Annie" is not alone in her guilt.

Mr Butterworth's first version and the Hammond's Dorset variant bear considerable resemblance to the Welsh air "Jenny Jones", if the order of the first and second part of the tune be reversed.

The Rev J. K. Maconachie sent me a few years ago the following tune and a fragment of the ballad as sung in Aberdeenshire in his childhood. I think his version ended with the elopement.

 

Music: The Merchants Daughter

 

She's gane to her father,

Got gold and white money,

An' she's got a ship 

And awa' wi' her Johnnie

Awa' wi' her Johnnie etc

 

Print as footnote

* destined to die. "Fey" is a term sometimes applied in Scotland to an unnatural wildness of spirits or strangeness of manner supposed to be an omen of approaching death.

 

A.G.G.

Banks of Green Willow

 

To Mr Keel

 

I should be inclined to retain this, if only for the sake of Mr Maconachie's Scotch version. I do not know of any version of "Bonnie Annie" in print. I cannot find the ballad in Christie at all

 

A.G.G.

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  The Banks of Green Willow

  First version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

   

  [Music:1]

   

  Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

   

  [Music:2]

   

  courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

   

  Second Version

  Noted by George Butterworth

  Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

  Mixolydian innfluence

   

  [Music:3]

  [Music:4]

  
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  1. Oh its of a young sea-captain

  Lved by the seaside o

  And he courted a farmer's daughter,

  And he made her his bride o

   

  2. "Go and fetch some of your father's gold,

  Likewise your mother's money,

  And you shall sail along with me,

  And I'll make you my honey."

   

  3. She fetched him some of her father's gold,

  Likewise her mother's money,

  And she did sail along with him

  To the Banks of Green Willow.

   

  4. They had not been aboard ship

  Six months or so many,

  Before she wanted woman's help,

  And she couldn't get any

   

  5. "Pray what is your woman's help,

  Cannot I do it for thee?"

  "No you can't do it for me,

  For love not for money."

   

  6. "Come bind a napkin round my head,

  Come bind it so softly,

  And then throw me overboard,

  Both me and my baby."

   

  7. So he bound the napkin round her head,

  He bound it so softly,

  And then he throwed her overboard,

  Both she and her baby.
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  8. O look, you boys, O look you there,

  O see how she quivers.

  She swam till she came 

  To the Banks of Green Willows.

   

  9. O my love shall have a coffin made

  Lined with gold and bright silver,

  And she shall be buried 

  On the Banks of Green Willow.

   

  10. Come you toll the bell, come toll the bell,

  Come you toll it softly,

  For its my true love that is dead and gone,

  Whom I once loved so dearly.

   

  The words belong to the first version.

  G.S.K.B.
• t

  Green Willow

   

  The following tune comes from the collection of the late Mr Hammond

   

  Noted by H E D Hammond

  Sung by Mr J Welsh, Wareham (Dorset)

   

  [Music:1]

   

  'Tis of a sea captain who lived near the seaside (o) he court a farmer's daughter that he

   

  [Music:2]

   

  once love so dearly

   

  [Music:3]

   

  Come toll the bell come toll the bell oh come toll it loud and easily

   

  [Music:4]

  
• t

  Banks of Green Willow

   

  There are Scottish versions of this, known as "Bonnie Annie", "The High Banks of Yarrow" and "The Merchant's Daughter". (See Child, under "Bonnie Annie") Kinlock's version of "Bonnie Annie" gives a clue to the throwing overboard of mother and child. The ship will not sail ("There's fey* fowk in the ship, She winna sail for me") and lots are cast to decide who is the guilty or doomed person causing the trouble. The lot falls on "Bonnie Annie", who at her own wish is cast overboard, like Jonah. The Jonah tradition story is perhaps the ultimate source of the ballad, though "Bonnie Annie" is not alone in her guilt.

  Mr Butterworth's first version and the Hammond's Dorset variant bear considerable resemblance to the Welsh air "Jenny Jones", if the order of the first and second part of the tune be reversed.

  The Rev J. K. Maconachie sent me a few years ago the following tune and a fragment of the ballad as sung in Aberdeenshire in his childhood. I think his version ended with the elopement.

   

  Music: The Merchants Daughter

   

  She's gane to her father,

  Got gold and white money,

  An' she's got a ship 

  And awa' wi' her Johnnie

  Awa' wi' her Johnnie etc

   

  Print as footnote

  * destined to die. "Fey" is a term sometimes applied in Scotland to an unnatural wildness of spirits or strangeness of manner supposed to be an omen of approaching death.

   

  A.G.G.
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  Banks of Green Willow

   

  To Mr Keel

   

  I should be inclined to retain this, if only for the sake of Mr Maconachie's Scotch version. I do not know of any version of "Bonnie Annie" in print. I cannot find the ballad in Christie at all

   

  A.G.G.
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  Therewas a rich mer chant wholived in Dum bar ton, Andhe had a daugh ter whose name was called An nie. Whosename was called An ie, whosename was called An nie, Andhe had a daugh ter whosename was called An nie.
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  The Banks of Green Willow

   

  Compare the tune with the variants in Journal vol ii, no. 6, and with the air of the familiar nursery-song of the "Frog and the Crow" in Rimbault's Nursery Songs Rhymes (Chappell). The words of the child's song are reminiscent of the serious ballad in places.

   

  - L. E. B.

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The Banks of Green Willow

First version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr & Mrs Cranstone, Billingshurst, June 1907

 

[Music:1]

 

Oh its of a young sea captain lived by the seaside o, and he

 

[Music:2]

 

courted a farmer's daughter, and he made her his bride o.

 

Second Version

Noted by George Butterworth

Sung by Mr Cornford, East Chillington July 1908

Mixolydian innfluence

 

[Music:3]

[Music:4]

1. Oh its of a young sea-captain

Lved by the seaside o

And he courted a farmer's daughter,

And he made her his bride o

 

2. "Go and fetch some of your father's gold,

Likewise your mother's money,

And you shall sail along with me,

And I'll make you my honey."

 

3. She fetched him some of her father's gold,

Likewise her mother's money,

And she did sail along with him

To the Banks of Green Willow.

 

4. They had not been aboard ship

Six months or so many,

Before she wanted woman's help,

And she couldn't get any

 

5. "Pray what is your woman's help,

Cannot I do it for thee?"

"No you can't do it for me,

For love not for money."

 

6. "Come bind a napkin round my head,

Come bind it so softly,

And then throw me overboard,

Both me and my baby."

 

7. So he bound the napkin round her head,

He bound it so softly,

And then he throwed her overboard,

Both she and her baby.

8. O look, you boys, O look you there,

O see how she quivers.

She swam till she came 

To the Banks of Green Willows.

 

9. O my love shall have a coffin made

Lined with gold and bright silver,

And she shall be buried 

On the Banks of Green Willow.

 

10. Come you toll the bell, come toll the bell,

Come you toll it softly,

For its my true love that is dead and gone,

Whom I once loved so dearly.

 

The words belong to the first version.

G.S.K.B.

Green Willow

 

The following tune comes from the collection of the late Mr Hammond

 

Noted by H E D Hammond

Sung by Mr J Welsh, Wareham (Dorset)

 

[Music:1]

 

'Tis of a sea captain who lived near the seaside (o) he court a farmer's daughter that he

 

[Music:2]

 

once love so dearly

 

[Music:3]

 

Come toll the bell come toll the bell oh come toll it loud and easily

 

[Music:4]

Banks of Green Willow

 

There are Scottish versions of this, known as "Bonnie Annie", "The High Banks of Yarrow" and "The Merchant's Daughter". (See Child, under "Bonnie Annie") Kinlock's version of "Bonnie Annie" gives a clue to the throwing overboard of mother and child. The ship will not sail ("There's fey* fowk in the ship, She winna sail for me") and lots are cast to decide who is the guilty or doomed person causing the trouble. The lot falls on "Bonnie Annie", who at her own wish is cast overboard, like Jonah. The Jonah tradition story is perhaps the ultimate source of the ballad, though "Bonnie Annie" is not alone in her guilt.

Mr Butterworth's first version and the Hammond's Dorset variant bear considerable resemblance to the Welsh air "Jenny Jones", if the order of the first and second part of the tune be reversed.

The Rev J. K. Maconachie sent me a few years ago the following tune and a fragment of the ballad as sung in Aberdeenshire in his childhood. I think his version ended with the elopement.

 

Music: The Merchants Daughter

 

She's gane to her father,

Got gold and white money,

An' she's got a ship 

And awa' wi' her Johnnie

Awa' wi' her Johnnie etc

 

Print as footnote

* destined to die. "Fey" is a term sometimes applied in Scotland to an unnatural wildness of spirits or strangeness of manner supposed to be an omen of approaching death.

 

A.G.G.

Banks of Green Willow

 

To Mr Keel

 

I should be inclined to retain this, if only for the sake of Mr Maconachie's Scotch version. I do not know of any version of "Bonnie Annie" in print. I cannot find the ballad in Christie at all

 

A.G.G.

Therewas a rich mer chant wholived in Dum bar ton, Andhe had a daugh ter whose name was called An nie. Whosename was called An ie, whosename was called An nie, Andhe had a daugh ter whosename was called An nie.

The Banks of Green Willow

 

Compare the tune with the variants in Journal vol ii, no. 6, and with the air of the familiar nursery-song of the "Frog and the Crow" in Rimbault's Nursery Songs Rhymes (Chappell). The words of the child's song are reminiscent of the serious ballad in places.

 

- L. E. B.

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