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child 102 willie and earl richard's daughter - venereum arvum lyrics

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[verse 1]
willie’s large o limb and lith
and come o high degree
and he is gane to the earl richard
to serve for meat and fee

[verse 2]
richard had but a daughter
as fair as a lily flower
and they made up their love contract
like proper paramour

[verse 3]
it fell upon a summer’s night
when the leaves were fair and green
that willie met his true love
intil the wood alane

[verse 4]
narrow is my gown, willie
was won’t to be sae wide
and gane is a’ my fair colour
that’s won’t to be my pride

[verse 5]
but gin my father should get word
what’s past between us twa
‘forе that he should eat or drink
he’d hang yе o’er the wa
[verse 6]
but ye’ll come to my bower, willie
just as the sun gaes down
keep me in your arms twa
and latna me fa down

[verse 7]
when the sun was now gane down
he’s taen him till her bower
and there, by the lee licht o the moon
her window she lookit oer

[verse 8]
intill a robe o red scarlet
she lap, fearless o harm
willie was large o lith and limb
and keepit her in his arms

[verse 9]
they’ve gane to the good green wood
and ere the night was deen
she’s born to him a bonny young son
among the leaves sae green

[verse 10]
when night was done and day was come
the sun began to peep
up and raise the earl richard
out o his drowsy sleep
[verse 11]
he’s called upon his merry young men
by ane, by twa, by three
saying “what’s come o my daughter dear?
she has nae come to me”

[verse 12]
“i dreamt a dreary dream last night
god grant it come to good
i dreamt i saw my daughter dear
drown in the salt sea flood”

[verse 13]
“but gin my daughter be dead or sick
or yet be stown awa
ill make a vow, and i’ll keep it true
i’ll hang ye ane and all

[verse 14]
they sought her back, they sought her fore
they sought her up and down
they got her in the good green wood
nursing her bonny young son

[verse 15]
he took the bonny boy in his arms
and kissed him tenderly
said, “though i would your father hang
your mother’s dear to me”
[verse 16]
he’s kissed him o’er and o’er again:
“my grandson i thee claim
robin hood in good green wood
that shall be your name”

[verse 17]
mony ane sings o grass, o grass
and mony ane sings o corn
and mony ane sings o robin hood
kens little where he was born

[verse 18]
it was nay in the ha, the ha
nor in the painted bower
but it was in the good green wood
amang the lily*flower

- venereum arvum lyrics

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