voiceCollected by Edwin R. Bethune For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Pocahontas, Arkansas August 1, 1958 Reel 261, Item 7 Come Now, My Rosy Pink Come now my rosy pink, Come and tell me what you think; You've been a long time making up your mind. Though I truly understand That you love another man, How can your heart be mine? Last time I saw her She was standing in the door, And her cheeks was as red as a rose. The color of her eyes Like the diamonds in the skies, God Almighty only knows. So bring me a chair For to sit down in, And a hammer for to knock out my brains. Go dig my grave Both wide and deep; Let me down with a golden chain. I'll go to town And buy me a knife, And I'll stab some poor man th...