ROLLING OF THE STONES



Will you go to the rolling of the stones

Or the dancing of the ball?

Or will you go and see pretty Susie

And dance among them all



I will not go to the rolling of the stones

Or the tossing of the ball

But I will go and see pretty Susie

And dance among them all



They hadn't danced but a single dance

More than once or twice around

Before the sword at her true love's side

Gave him his fatal wound



They picked him up and carried him away

For he was sore distressed

They carried him and buried him all in the greenwoods

Where he was wont to rest



Pretty Susie she came awandering by

With a tablet under her arm

Until she came to her true love's grave

And she began to charm



She charmed the fish out of the sea

And the birds out of their nests

She charmed her true love out of his grave

So he could no longer rest



Will you go to the rolling of the stones

Or the dancing of the ball?

Or will you go and see pretty Susie

And dance among them all



I will not go to the rolling of the stones

Or the tossing of the ball

But I will go and see pretty Susie

And dance among them all



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Child #49

Fragment of The Two Brothers

Sung by Joe Hickerson on Dull Care I and by the Young Tradition

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