《Willy O’Winsbury》歌词

[00:00:11] The king has been a prisoner,

[00:00:18] And a prisoner long in Spain,

[00:00:23] And Willie of the Winsbury,

[00:00:29] Has lain long with his daughter at home.

[00:00:35] "What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet,

[00:00:41] Why you look so pale and wan?

[00:00:47] Oh, have you had any sore sickness

[00:00:53] Or yet been sleeping with a man?"

[00:00:59] "I have not had any sore sickness,

[00:01:05] Nor yet been sleeping with a man.

[00:01:11] It is for you, my father dear,

[00:01:17] For biding so long in Spain."

[00:01:23] "Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown,

[00:01:29] You stand naked upon the stone,

[00:01:35] That I may know you by your shape,

[00:01:41] If you be a maiden or no."

[00:01:47] And she's cast off her berry-brown gown

[00:01:53] She stood naked upon the stone

[00:01:59] Her apron was low and her haunches were round,

[00:02:05] Her face was pale and wan.

[00:02:10] "Oh, was it with a lord or a duke or a knight,

[00:02:17] Or a man of birth and fame,

[00:02:22] Or was it with one of my serving men

[00:02:29] That's lately come out of Spain?"

[00:02:34] "It wasn't with a lord, nor a duke or a knight,

[00:02:40] Nor a man of birth and fame,

[00:02:46] But it was with Willie of Winsbury,

[00:02:52] I could bide no longer alone."

[00:02:58] And the king has called on his merry men all,

[00:03:04] By thirty and by three,

[00:03:10] Says, "Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury,

[00:03:16] For hanged he shall be."

[00:03:21] (- Instrumental verse -)

[00:03:45] But when he came the king before,

[00:03:52] He was clad all in the red silk.

[00:03:57] His hair was like the strands of gold,

[00:04:04] His skin was as white as the milk.

[00:04:09] And "It is no wonder," said the king,

[00:04:16] "That my daughter's love you did win.

[00:04:21] For if I was a woman, as I am a man,

[00:04:28] My bedfellow you would have been."

[00:04:33] "And will you marry my daughter Janet,

[00:04:40] By the truth of your right hand?

[00:04:45] Oh, will you marry my daughter Janet?

[00:04:52] I will make you the lord of my land."

[00:04:57] "Oh yes, I will marry your daughter Janet.

[00:05:04] By the truth of my right hand.

[00:05:09] Why yes, I will marry your daughter Janet,

[00:05:16] But I'll not be the lord of your land."

[00:05:21] And he's mounted her on a milk-white steed,

[00:05:28] And himself on a dapple grey.

[00:05:33] He has made her the lady of as much land

[00:05:40] As she shall ride in a long summer's day.