The Bailiff's Daughter - Trad Eng.

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 08 Jun 2002

There was a youth,
and a wellbeloved youth,
and he was a squire's son.
He loved the bailiff's daughter dear
that lived in Islington.

But she was coy, and never would
on him her heart bestow,
till he was sent to London Town
because he loved her so.

When seven years had passed away,
she put on mean attire,
and straight to London she would go
about him to enquire.

And as she went along the road,
through weather hot and dry,
she rested on a grassy load,
and her love came riding by.

"Give me a penny, thou 'prentice good,
relieve a maid forlorn;"
"Before I give you a penny, sweetheart,
Pray tell me where you were born?"

"Oh I was born in Islington."
"Then tell me if you know
the bailiff's daughter of that place?"
"She died, sir, long ago."

"If she be dead, then take my horse,
my saddle and bridle also,
for I will to some distant land,
where no man shall me know."

"Oh stay! Oh stay! thou goodly youth,
She standeth by thy side,
She's here alive, she is not dead,
but ready to be thy bride."

Soft karaoke
Words
treble clef 1
treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
*
The Bailiff's Daughter - Trad Eng.
Old English Ballad
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 08 June 2002 at 17.56
in association with Doug Grierson
*
from The Oxford Song Book 1916
Ed. Percy C. Buck M.A., D.Mus., Oxon
Director of Music in Harrow School
Late Professor of Music in The University of Dublin
*