Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Eleanor was a sick woman and
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afraid that she would die
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When she sent for two fri ars out of
When the king he heard the queen had
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sent four friars from o 'er the sea
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He called his noble
Earl
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Marshal to come to him speedle leave
Do you put on one friar's coat
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and I'll put on another
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And we shall, too,
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Eleanor,
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Go one friar like another.
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God forbid, said her
Marshal,
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That such a thing would be!
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If I should beguile
Queen,
And the
King, he swore upon his oath,
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His scepter and his crown,
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Queen
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He would not write it down.
And thus a -tired, they both did go,
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The bells did ring,
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And the torches did light them all.
Be you to friars of
France, she said,
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As I suppose you be.
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But if you be to
We are to friars of
France, they said,
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As you suppose we be.
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And we have not been at any mass
The first vile sin that e 'er I
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did to you I will unfold.
Earl
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Mar shall had my maidenhead
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Underneath this cloth of gold.
That is a vile sin, said the
King,
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God may forgive it thee.
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Amen, amen, quoth
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Earl
Marshall,
The next vile sin that e 'er I did
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to you I'll not deny.
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I brewed a pot of poison
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Henry.
That is a vile sin, said the
King,
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God may forgive it thee.
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Amen, amen, forth,
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Earl
Do you see yonder, little child,
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a tossin' o' that ball?
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Marshall's son, she said,
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And I love him the be st of all.
And do you see yonder, little boy,
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A -catchin' o 'er that bar?
King
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Henry's son, she said,
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And I love him the worst of all.
His head is like unto a bull,
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His nose is like a boar.
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No mat ter for that,
King
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Henry said, I love him the better,
therefore.
Then the king threw off his friar's coat,
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She shrieked, she cried,
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She said she was betrayed.
his left shoulder,
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And the grim look, look at he!
O
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Mar shal, but for my oath,
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ChordsEb Ab Bb
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