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Melrose Quartet: "Appalachian, from the singing of Jean Ritchie via Peter Bellamy." Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collected it in 1917 from Hillard Smith in Hindman, Kentucky, where Jean Ritchie also spent part of her life.
The Melrose Quartet: https://melrosequartet.bandcamp.com/track/mariahs-gone
Chorus:
Morning’s come and Mariah’s gone (x3)
And it’s early in the morning.
Oh she’s gone and I can’t go
Never did I know her mind
Trouble, trouble is my name