June Tabor - Fair Margaret And Sweet William Chords

Intro]
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Sweet William arose on a May morning
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And he dressed himself in blue
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We want you to tell of that long love that's been
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Between Lady Margaret and you

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"Oh, I know nothing of Lady Margaret's love
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And I know she don't love me
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Before tomorrow morning at eight of the clock
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Lady Margaret a bride shall see"

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Lady Margaret was a-sitting in her own bower room
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Combing back her yellow hair
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And she saw Sweet William and his new wedded bride
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And the lawyers a-riding by

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It's down she stood her ivory comb
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And back she threw her hair
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And it's you may suppose and be very well assured
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Lady Margaret was heard no more

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The day being past and the night coming on
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When most all men were asleep
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Something appeared to Sweet William and his bride
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And stood at their bed feet

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Saying, "How do you like your bed making
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And how do you like your sheets?
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And how do you like that new wedded bride
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That lies in your arms and sleeps?"

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"Very well do I like my bed making
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Much better do I like my sheets
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But best of all is that gay lady
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That stands at my bed feet"

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The night being past and the day coming on
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When most all men were awake
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Sweet William he said he was troubled in his head
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By the dreams that he dreamed last night

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"Such dreams, such dreams cannot be true
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I'm afraid they're of no good
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I dreamed that my chamber was full of wild swine
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And my bride's bed floating in blood"

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He's called down his waiting men
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One by two by three
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Saying, "Go and ask leave of my new wedded bride
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If Lady Margaret I mayn't go and see"

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He's rode up to Lady Margaret's own bower room
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And tingled all on the ring
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And who was so ready as her own born brother
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To rise and let him in

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"Is Lady Margaret in her own bower room
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Or is she in her hall?
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Or is she high in her chambery
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Amongst the ladies all?"

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"Lady Margaret's not in her own bower room
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Nor neither is she in her hall
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She is in her long cold coffin
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Lies pale against yon wall"

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"Unroll, unroll those winding sheets
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Although they're very fine
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And let me kiss them cold pale lips
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Just as often as they've kissed mine"

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It's first he's kissed her ivory cheeks
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And then he's kissed her chin
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And when he kissed them cold pale lips
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There was no breath within

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Three times he's kissed her ivory cheeks
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Three times he's kissed her chin
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And the last time he kissed them cold pale lips
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It crushed his heart within

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Lady Margaret died like it might be today
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Sweet William he died on tomorrow
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Lady Margaret she died for pure true love
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Sweet William he died for sorrow

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Lady Margaret was buried in yon churchyard
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Sweet William was buried by her
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And out of her grave sprung a red, red rose
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Out of his a green, green briar

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And they both growed up the old church wall
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Till they could not grow any higher
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And they met and they tied in a true love's knot
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Red rose around green briar