[ti:Sweet William and Fair Ellen]
[ar:Meg Baird]
[al:Dear Companion]
[00:28.99]Sweet William rode up to the old man's gate
[00:35.46]And boldly he did say
[00:40.23]"Oh the youngest daughter she my stay at home,
[00:44.02]But the oldest I'll take away"
[00:47.40]
[00:53.86]"Come in,come in all seven of my sons
[01:00.31]And guard your sister round
[01:05.11]For it never shall be said the steward's son
[01:08.52]Has taken my daughter out of town"
[01:14.35]
[01:21.28]"I thank you sir,and it's very kind
[01:27.60]But I'm none of the steward's son
[01:32.45]My father was a reginer's king
[01:35.99]My mother's a Quaker's queen"
[01:41.04]
[01:47.59]So he got on his snow-white steed
[01:53.97]And she on the dapple gray
[01:58.74]He swung his bugle horn around his neck
[02:02.43]And they went riding away
[02:07.49]
[02:14.37]They hadn't gone more than a mile out of town
[02:20.66]'Til she looked back again
[02:25.48]And she saw her father and all seven of her brothers
[02:29.22]Come tripling over the plain
[02:34.75]
[02:38.65]"Light down'light down"Sweet William said he
[02:45.04]And hold my steed by the reigns
[02:49.61]"I'll fight your father and all seven of your brothers
[02:53.68]Come tripling over the plain"
[02:58.43]
[03:05.07]"Slack your hand,slack your hand!"Sweet William said she
[03:11.57]"Your wounds are very sore
[03:16.42]The blood runs free from every vein
[03:20.21]Oh father I can have no more"
[03:24.66]
[03:30.40]So he got on his snow-white steed
[03:36.68]And she on the dapple gray
[03:41.53]He Swung his bugle horn around his neck
[03:45.12]And they went bleeding away
[03:50.25]
[03:58.16]They rode all night to his mother's gate
[04:04.61]And tingling on the ring
[04:09.41]"Oh mother,mother asleep or awake
[04:13.04]Arise and let me in"
[04:18.11]
[04:22.55]"Bind my head,bind my head!"Sweet William said he
[04:29.72]My wounds are very sore
[04:33.86]The blood runs free from every vein
[04:38.25]For me you will bind no more"
[04:45.74]
[04:49.99]About two hours,before it was day
[04:56.38]As the foweles began to crow
[05:01.07]Sweet William died from the wounds he received
[05:04.65]Fair Ellen died from sorrow
[05:09.87]