Key: G major•
Verse 1
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The king had been a prisoner
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And a prisoner long in Spain,
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daughter at hame.
Verse 2
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my daughter Janet,
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Why you look so pale and wan?
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Or yet been sleeping with a man?"
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Verse 3
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"I have not had any sore sickness
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Nor yet been sleeping wi' a man.
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For biding so long in Spain"
Verse 4
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"Cast off, cast off your
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berry- brown gown,
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the stane,
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Whether you be a maiden or none."
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berry- brown gown,
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She stood naked upon the stone.
haunches were round,
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Her face was pale and wan.
Verse 6
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or a duke or a knight
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Or a man of birth and fame?
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That's lately come out of Spain?"
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"No, it wasn't with a lord,
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nor a duke, nor a knight,
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Or a man of birth and fame.
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I could bide no longer alone."
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Verse 8
And the king he has called
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on his merry men all,
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By thirty an d by three,
Says, "Fetch me this Wil
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For hanged he shall be."
Verse 9
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But when he came the king before,
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He was clad all in the red silk.
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His skin was as white as the milk.
Verse 10
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"And it is no wonder," said the king,
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"That my daughter's love you did win.
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My bedfellow you
Verse 11
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"And will you marry my daughter Janet
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By the truth of your right hand?
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Oh, will you marry my daughter Janet?
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I'll make you the lord of my land."
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"Yes, I will marry your daughter Janet
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By the truth of my right hand.
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But I'll not be the lord of your land."
Verse 13
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a milk- white steed
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As she'll ride in a long summer's day.
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