| Share page | Visit Us On FB |
|
114 AMERICAN BALLADS AND SONGS |
||
|
|
||
|
She (w)rung her hands and groaned and cried, And gnawed her tongue before she died, Her nails turned black, her voice did fail, She died and left this lower vale. |
||
|
|
||
|
48
(A) JOHNNY SANDS
A man whose name was Johnny Sands
Had married Betty Hague, And though she brought him gold and lands,
She proved a terrible plague. For 0 she was a scolding wife,
Full of caprice and whim, He said that he was tired of life,
And she was tired of him,
And she was tired of him.
Says he, "Then I will drown myself,
The river runs below." Says she, "Pray do, you silly elf,
I wished it long ago." Says he, "Upon the brink I'll stand,
Do you run down the hill And push me in with all your might."
Says she, "My love, I will."
Says she, "My love, I will." |
||
|
|
||