Willie o' Winsbury (Updated Version)
Deborah Stokol
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The king has been a prisoner And a prisoner long in Spain And Willie of the Winsbury Has lain with the king's daughter at home What ails you, what ails you, my daughter, Jane? Why do you look so pale and wan? Oh, have you had any sore sicknesses Or yet been sleeping with a man? I have not had any sore sicknesses Nor yet been sleeping with a man It is for you, my father dear For biding so long in Spain Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown! You stand naked upon the stone So I may know you by your form If you be a maiden or no And she cast off her berry, berry-brown gown She stood naked upon the stone Her apron was low, and her haunches were round Her face was as white as a ghost Oh, was it with a lord or a duke or a knight Or a man of birth and fame? Or was it with one of my serving men That's so lately come out of Spain? No, it wasn't with a lord nor a duke nor a knight Nor a man of birth and fame But it was with Willie of Winsbury I could bide no longer alone And the king has called on his merry men all By thirty and by three Says, Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury For hanged he now shall be! But when he came the king before He was clad all in red silk His hair was like the strands of gold His skin was as white as the milk And it's no wonder, said the king That my daughter's love 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, Jane By the truth of your right hand? Oh, will you marry my daughter, Jane I will make you the lord of the land! Oh yes, I will marry your daughter, Jane By the truth of my right hand Why, yes, I will marry your daughter, Jane But I'll not be the lord of the land! And he lifted her on a milk-white steed And himself on a dapple grey He has made her the lady of as much land As she shall ride on a long summer's day
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Written by: Deborah Stokol (Lyrical Amendments), Traditional Song (Child 100, 64)
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