Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Lord Lover,
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he stood at his castle door gate.
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Her combing is milk white steam.
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Lady Nancy Bell came a -riding by,
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and a -wishing her lover good speed.
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Oh, where are you going,
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Lord Lovell, she said.
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And where are you go ing, said she.
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I'm going away for a year and a day.
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To see, strange countries for to see.
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When will you be back,
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Lord Lovell, she said,
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When will you be back, said she,
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In a year, or two, or three, or four,
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To thee, then I'll return to thee.
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He hadn't been gone for
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a year and a day,
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Strange chords came into his head.
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He dreamt he saw Lady Nancy Bell,
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Asleep as she was dead, was dead,
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Asleep as she was dead.
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He rode, he rode the country all round,
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Till he came to fair London town.
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And mourning, mourning all around.
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Oh, who is dead, Lord Lovell, he said,
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And who is dead, said he,
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Her lady is dead, Miss Nancy Bell,
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To thee they say she was kin to thee,
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Then show to me her grave so deep,
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Turn down to me her shroud
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That I may kiss the cold, lips
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On down, and the tears
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They buried Lord Lovell
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in the old churchyard
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And from her grave there grew a rose,
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And from his a briar, a briar,
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And from his a briar.
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You
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