Lyrics Willie's Lady - Martin Carthy
King
Willie
he′s
sailed
over
the
raging
foam
He's
wooed
a
wife
and
he′s
brought
her
home
He
wooed
her
for
her
long
golden
hair
His
mother
wrought
her
a
mighty
care
A
weary
spell
she's
laid
on
her:
She'd
be
with
child
for
long
and
many′s
the
year
But
a
child
she
would
never
bear
And
in
her
bower
she
lies
in
pain
King
Willie
at
her
bedhead
he
do
stand
As
down
his
cheeks
salten
tears
do
run
King
Willie
back
to
his
mother
he
did
run
He′s
gone
there
as
a
begging
son
Says,
"Me
true
love
has
this
fine
noble
steed
The
like
of
which
you
ne'er
did
see
At
every
part
of
this
horse′s
mane
There's
hanging
fifty
silver
bells
and
ten
There′s
hanging
fifty
bells
and
ten
This
goodly
gift
shall
be
your
own
If
back
to
my
own
true
love
you'll
turn
again
That
she
might
bear
her
baby
son."
"Oh,
the
child
she′ll
never
lighter
be
Nor
from
sickness
will
she
e'er
be
free
But
she
will
die
and
she
will
turn
to
clay
And
you
will
wed
with
another
maid."
Then
sighing
said
this
weary
man
As
back
to
his
own
true
love
he's
gone
again
"I
wish
my
life
was
at
an
end."
King
Willie
back
to
his
mother
he
did
run
He′s
gone
there
as
a
begging
son
Says,
"me
true
love
has
this
fine
golden
girdle
Set
with
jewels
all
about
the
middle
At
every
part
of
this
girdle′s
hem
There's
hanging
fifty
silver
bells
and
ten
There′s
hanging
fifty
bells
and
ten
This
goodly
gift
shall
be
your
own
If
back
to
my
own
true
love
you'll
turn
again
That
she
might
bear
her
baby
son."
"Oh,
of
her
child
she′ll
never
lighter
be
Nor
from
sickness
will
she
e'er
be
free
But
she
will
die
and
she
will
turn
to
clay
And
you
will
wed
with
another
maid."
Sighing
says
this
weary
man
As
back
to
his
own
true
love
he′s
gone
again
"I
wish
my
life
was
at
an
end."
Then
up
and
spoke
his
noble
queen
And
she
has
told
King
Willie
of
a
plan
How
she
might
bear
her
baby
son
She
says,
"You
must
go
get
you
down
to
the
market
place
And
you
must
buy
you
a
loaf
of
wax
And
you
must
shape
it
as
a
babe
that
is
to
nurse
And
you
must
make
two
eyes
of
glass
Ask
your
mother
to
a
christening
day
And
you
must
stand
there
close
as
you
can
be
That
you
might
hear
what
she
do
say"
King
Willie
he's
gone
down
to
the
market
place
And
he
has
bought
him
a
loaf
of
wax
And
he
has
shaped
it
as
a
babe
that
is
to
nurse
And
he
has
made
two
eyes
of
glass
He
asked
his
mother
to
a
christening
day
And
he
has
stood
there
close
as
he
could
be
That
he
might
hear
what
she
did
say
How
she
spoke
and
how
she
swore
She
spied
the
babe
where
no
babe
could
be
before
She
spied
the
babe
where
none
could
be
before
Says,
"Who
was
it
who
undid
the
nine
witch
knots
Braided
in
amongst
this
lady's
locks?
And
who
was
it
who
took
out
the
combs
of
care
Braided
in
amongst
this
lady′s
hair?
And
who
was
it
slew
the
master
kid
That
ran
and
slept
all
beneath
this
lady′s
bed
That
ran
and
slept
all
beneath
her
bed?
And
who
was
it
unlaced
her
left
shoe
And
who
was
it
that
let
her
lighter
be
That
she
might
bear
her
baby
boy?"
And
it
was
Willie
who
undid
the
nine
witch
knots
Braided
in
amongst
this
lady's
locks
And
it
was
Willie
who
took
out
the
combs
of
care
Braided
in
amongst
this
lady′s
hair
And
it
was
Willie
the
master
kid
did
slay
And
it
was
Willie
who
unlaced
her
left
foot
shoe
And
he
has
let
her
lighter
be
And
she
is
born
of
a
baby
son
And
greater
the
blessings
that
be
them
upon
And
greater
the
blessings
them
upon
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