Key: F# minor
Verse 1
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Lord Bateman was a noble lord,
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Noble lord of high degree,
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Some for eign country
Verse 2
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and he sailed West!
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Sailed in to proud Turkey.
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Until his life it grew quite weary
Verse 3
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And in their prisons there grew a tree,
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They grew it stout and
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And he was chained up all by the middle
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Until his life it was al most gone
Verse 4
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But Turkey had one only daughter
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A finer lady you'd never'd see
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She shed a tear and she'd
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When she saw Lord Bateman she would go see
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Do you have land? Do you have living?
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belong to thee?
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If out of prison she'd
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set you free?
Verse 6
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Well I have lend, land and I have living
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Half Northumberland belongs to me
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If out of prison she did set me
Verse 7
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Poured Lord Bateman her father's wine
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Well I wish Lord Bateman,
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you were mine
Verse 8
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Found for him that ship of fame
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Farewell, farewell Lord Bateman
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And know I'll never see your face again
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
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Seven years have gone and passed
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From her heart she'd not been freed
Verse 10
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And when she came to London City
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Cried Lord Bateman through
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Every stranger that did pass by her
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Did lead her on to Northumberland
Verse 11
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Is this called Lord Bateman's castle?
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Is his Lordship here within
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And "Yes, oh,
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Pray tell what news
Verse 12
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Go tell him: send me a cut of brand
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Tell him send me a cup of wine
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he was confined
Verse 13
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Away, away, away went he
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I'm sure Sophia's
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crossed the sea!"
Verse 14
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'Round her middle where
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She has more gold all about her person
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To buy Northumberland
Verse 15
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From his heart he'd
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"I'd give you all of
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my father's stable
crossed the sea!"
Verse 16
From his heart he'd not been free
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And never was there a love so constant
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Since bold Sophia's crossed the sea
Outro 1
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