Willie O'Winsbury歌詞

Willie O'Winsbury - Meg Baird
"Daughter oh daughter " said the king
"Why're you so pale and wan
I fear you have some sore sickness
Or else you have laid with a man "
"You're welcome you're welcome my father dear
You are welcome home to me
For I have sick unto my heart
Since you've been so long on the sea "
"Cast off cast off your berry-brown gown;
Stand naked upon the stone
That I might know you by your shape
Whether you be a maiden or no "
So she's cast off her berry-brown gown;
She's stood naked upon the stone
Her apron was low and her middle was round
Her face was pale and wan
"Oh was it with a lord or a duke or a knight
Or a man of birth and fame
Or was it with one of my serving men
That's lately come out of Spain "
"No it wasn't with a lord nor a duke nor a knight
Nor a man of birth and fame
But it was with Willie O'Winsbury;
I could bide no longer alone "
The king he has sent for his merry men all
By thirty and by three
Saying "Fetch me this Willie O'Winsbury
For hanged he shall be "
But when he was brought before the king
He was clad all in red silk
His hair was like the strands of gold
His skin was white as milk
"It is no wonder " said the king
"How my daughter's love you did win
For if I was a woman as I am a man
My bedfellow you would have been
"Will you marry my daughter Janet
By the truth of your right hand
And if you'll marry my daughter Janet
I will make you the lord of my lands "
"Yes I will marry your daughter Janet
By the truth of my right hand
But I'll not have your gold and I'll not have your gear
And I'll not be the lord of your land
"For I have houses and I have land
I have men at my command
And were it not for your daughter fair
I would not be your servant man "
He sat her upon a milk white steed
And himself on a dapple gray;
He has made her the lady of as much land
As she can ride in a long summer's day