I Courted a Damsel / Charming Beauty Bright

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: [Roud 405; Laws M3; Ballad Index LM03; VWML LEB/5/236/7; Bodleian Roud 405; Wiltshire 916, 917; trad.]. "I Courted a Damsel" is an English traditional. In America it tells a similar tale and is usually known by "Charming (or Fairest) Beauty Bright". The earliest field recording was made in America in 1915 and called "The First Girl I Courted".

[Verse One of "I Courted a Damsel"]
I courted a damsel of the fairest beauty bright
And I did my best endeavour to gain my heart's delight.
I courted her for love and for love of her I did attain I did attain,
My love she had no reason at all for to complain.
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