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Willie O Winsbury
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Ye Vagabonds
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The king he has been a poor prisoner And a prisoner long in Spain While Willie o' Winsbury Has lain long with his daughter at home "What ails you, what ails you, my daughter dear Why you look so pale and wan? Oh, have you had any sore sickness Or yet been sleeping wi' a man?" "I have not had any sore sickness Nor yet been sleeping wi' a man Twas grieving for you, my father dear After biding so long in Spain." "Well cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown Stand naked upon a stone That I may know you by your shape Whether you be a maiden or nae." And she's cast off her berry-brown gown Stood naked upon a stone Her haunches were round and her apron was short Her face it was pale and wan "Oh, is he a lord or a duke or a knight Or a man of birth and fame Or is he one of my serving men That's lately come out of Spain?" "He wasnae a lord, nor a duke or a knight Nor a man of birth and fame But he is Willie o' Winsbury I could bide no longer alone." Well the king has called on his merry men all His merry men thirty and three Saying, "Bring me Willie o' Winsbury For hanged he shall be." But when he came the king before He was clad all in the red silk His hair it was like the strands of gold His skin it was white as milk "Well, it is nae wonder," says the king "My daughter's heart you did win For if I were a woman, as I am a man My bedfellow you would have been." "And will you marry my daughter Janet By the truth of your right hand? And will you marry my daughter Janet? And be a lord of the land." "Yes, I will marry your daughter Janet By the truth of my right hand And I will marry your daughter Janet But I won't be a lord of the land." So he's mounted her on a milk-white steed And himself on a dapple grey And he's made her a lady of as much land As they could ride in a long summer's day
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