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[ti:Sweet William and Fair Ellen] |
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[ar:Meg Baird] |
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[al:Dear Companion] |
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Sweet William rode up to the old man's gate |
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And boldly he did say |
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"Oh the youngest daughter she my stay at home, |
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But the oldest I'll take away" |
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"Come in,come in all seven of my sons |
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And guard your sister round |
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For it never shall be said the steward's son |
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Has taken my daughter out of town" |
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"I thank you sir,and it's very kind |
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But I'm none of the steward's son |
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My father was a reginer's king |
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My mother's a Quaker's queen" |
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So he got on his snow-white steed |
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And she on the dapple gray |
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He swung his bugle horn around his neck |
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And they went riding away |
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They hadn't gone more than a mile out of town |
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'Til she looked back again |
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And she saw her father and all seven of her brothers |
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Come tripling over the plain |
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"Light down'light down"Sweet William said he |
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And hold my steed by the reigns |
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"I'll fight your father and all seven of your brothers |
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Come tripling over the plain" |
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"Slack your hand,slack your hand!"Sweet William said she |
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"Your wounds are very sore |
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The blood runs free from every vein |
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Oh father I can have no more" |
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So he got on his snow-white steed |
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And she on the dapple gray |
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He Swung his bugle horn around his neck |
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And they went bleeding away |
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They rode all night to his mother's gate |
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And tingling on the ring |
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"Oh mother,mother asleep or awake |
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Arise and let me in" |
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"Bind my head,bind my head!"Sweet William said he |
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My wounds are very sore |
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The blood runs free from every vein |
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For me you will bind no more" |
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About two hours,before it was day |
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As the foweles began to crow |
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Sweet William died from the wounds he received |
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Fair Ellen died from sorrow |
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