Sorry - I was talking about this on Nancy's blog and suddenly felt the need to share it with blogland. Does anyone else recognize this folk song? I learned it at school and used to sing a version of it as a lullaby to my children when they were tiny:
I know where I'm goin'
and I know who's goin' with me
I know who I love
and my dear knows who I'll marry.
I have stockings of silk
and shoes of bright green leather
Combs to buckle my hair
and a ring for every finger
O' feather beds are soft
and painted rooms are bonnie
But I would give them all
for my handsome winsome Johnny
Some say that he's poor,
but I say that he's bonnie
Fairest of them all
is my handsome winsome Johnny.
I "think" it also had links to a lovely American horse book (the Magnificent Barb by Dana Farella) I had as a child. I'm sure there was an extract of this song in it.
