Antonia Duren Stampfel 1976
Duren’s legal name was maybe Barbara Ann Goldblatt? She died in 2017 and there’s a 2006 book about her by John McFadden. Griselda was the name of her sister. Cammy Kaynor: “The Holy Modal Rounders made it popular, but I first heard it at Pinewoods in 1977. Greg Boardman was lying on his back, I think drunk out of his gourd, in a little cabin at Pinewoods, playing it on his concertina and singing, and I just fell in love with that song in that moment. And he and I and Bob Childs, and Michael Havey, we started the Minotaur Morris … and we got the name Minotaur Morris Men because John Dexter called us “a bunch of riderless horses” when we were dancing. John Dexter was teaching a class in Ducklington [the first time it had been taught in America] and he had called us a bunch of riderless horses which spawned the name.”
Unholy Modal Rounders: https://peterstampfel.bandcamp.com/track/griselda-2
https://peterstampfel.bandcamp.com/track/griselda-2
Come won’t you walk with me, Griselda, Wearing your dress that moonlight shines through. I am a sad and lonely boy, Since your mother said I couldn’t see you. Chorus: Slipping through the woods in the dark of the night, Calling to the moon up yonder: Oh lady moon, won’t you shine your silver light, And lead me to my Griselda. Do you recall last night, Griselda, Learning the lessons Nature taught us? Watching the fish jump in the lake; [splash!] It was lovely till your mother caught us. Moon flower vine upon on your window Gives me a foothold for my climbing. I got a rowboat on the lake; [splash!] Moon is out and all the stars are shining. I got a jug of wine Griselda. Why should you waste your time in sorrow? Hold out your hand and have no fear; If we’re caught, I’ll marry you tomorrow.