{"id":7028,"date":"2005-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T18:57:04","slug":"so-early-in-the-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7028","title":{"rendered":"So Early In The Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/early_spring.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"567\" alt=\"early_spring.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Early_in_the_Spring.mp3\">So Early In The Spring<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">This is a sea chantey that got distilled, and transformed into a love ballad in the Appalachian Mountains. The origin is Scottish, but the lyrical style is obviously from the Southern United States. Many settlers to the New World brought their music with them, only to have it subtly changed over time.<\/p>\n<p>Another example of this phenomenon is Jean Ritchie&#8217;s song &#8216;Nottamun Town,&#8217; which only survived by being brought to North America. When, as a Fulbright Scholar she visited Nottingham, England to research the roots of the song, it had completely disappeared in its original form.<\/p>\n<p>Appalachian Traditional Music, A Short History:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.mustrad.org.uk\/articles\/appalach.htm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nSO EARLY IN THE SPRING<\/p>\n<p>[A] It being early in the spring<br \/>\nI went on board to serve my [E] king<br \/>\n[A] Leaving my dearest [F#m] dear behind<br \/>\nShe [E] oftimes swore her heart was[F#m] mine<\/p>\n<p>As I lay smiling in her arms<br \/>\nI thought I held ten thousand charms<br \/>\nWith embraces kind and a kiss so sweet<br \/>\nSaying We&#8217;ll be married when next we meet<\/p>\n<p>As I was sailing on the sea<br \/>\nI took a kind opportunity<br \/>\nOf writing letters to my dear<br \/>\nBut scarce one word from her did hear<\/p>\n<p>As I was walking up London Street<br \/>\nI shoved a letter from under my feet<br \/>\nStraight lines being wrote without any blot<br \/>\nSaying seldom seen is soon forgot<\/p>\n<p>I went up to her father&#8217;s hall<br \/>\nAnd for my dearest dear did call<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s married, sir, she&#8217;s better for life<br \/>\nFor she has become a rich man&#8217;s wife<\/p>\n<p>If the girl is married, whom I adore<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll stay on land no more.<br \/>\nStraight lines being wrote without any blot<br \/>\nSaying seldom seen is soon forgot<\/p>\n<p>So come young lads take a warn from me<br \/>\nIf in love you&#8217;ll ever be<br \/>\nFor love is patient,love is kind,<br \/>\nJust never leave your love behind<\/p>\n<p>It being early in the spring<br \/>\nI went on board to serve my king<br \/>\nLeaving my dearest dear behind<br \/>\nShe oftimes swore her heart was mine<\/p>\n<p>New words and new music by Roger McGuinn (C) 2005 McGuinn Music (BMI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: So Early In The Spring This is a sea chantey that got distilled, and transformed into a love ballad in the Appalachian Mountains. The origin is Scottish, but the lyrical style is obviously from the Southern United States. Many settlers to the New World brought their music with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7028\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;So Early In The Spring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10,17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish","category-love","category-mountainsouthernus","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8659,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions\/8659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}