[Music]
I have a loving old father at home,
I've cost him many a tear;
And to make lament to him,
I'll travel ten thousand year.
I'll ramble and I'll rove and I'll call upon my God.
They may all say what they will,
Resolv'd as I am so long as I live,
For to be a rover still.
Further stanzas are made merely by the substitution of "mother" etc.
for "father". The song, tune and words, was probably parodied from
'Seven Long Years'. See Sharp, ii., 79. From the latter song I quote
the second stanza.
I have a good old father at home,
And I've cost him many a pound,
And now to make amends for this,
I'll travel the whole world round.
_Chorus_
I'll romp and I'll rave, and I'll call for my bode,
They may all say what they will;
Resolved as I am, just as long as I can,
For to drink good liquor still.
Compare also 'Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor', Sharp, i., 124, tune 'N'.
'Marion' belongs to the 'Babe of Bethlehem' group of tunes. See the
song by that title in this collection. 'Kingsfold', No. 270 in the
_Christian Science Hymnal_ is the same. In the English _Methodist Hymn
Book_, 'Kingsfold' is given as a traditional melody of England. See
also Petrie, Nos. 193 and 863.
No. 39
UNION, OSH 116