Clyde Water
Nick Siepmann
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Willie sits in his stable door And he's combing his coal-black steed He's doubting on fair Margaret's love And his heart began to bleed "Give corn unto my horse, mother And meat to my man John And I'll away to fair Margaret's bower Before the night comes on" "Oh, stay at home with me, dear Willie Oh, stay at home with me Or in the deepest part of the Clyde water Then you shall drowned be" "The good steed that I ride upon Cost me thrice thirty pounds I'll put trust in his swift feet To take me safe and sound" So he's ridden o'er yon high, high hill And down yon dowy den And the rushing in of the Clyde water Would have feared five hundred men "O roaring Clyde, you roar so loud Your streams are wondrous strong Make me a wreck as I come back And spare me as I'm going" And when he's got to Margaret's bower He's turled low on the pin Saying "Rise up, my good Margaret Rise up and let me in" "Oh, who is this at my bower door Calling May Margaret's name?" "It's only your first love, little William This night come to your home" "Open your castle gates Open up and let me in For my boots they're full of the Clyde water And I'm frozen to the skin" "Oh, my barns are full of corn, Willie And my stable's full of hay And my bower is full of gentlemen They'll not remove till day" "Fare thee well to you, May Margaret It's fare thee well and adieu For I have won my mother's own curse In coming this night to you" So he's ridden o'er yon high, high hill And down yon dowy den And the rushing in of the Clyde water Took Willie's cane from him And he's leaned him over his saddle-bow To catch his cane again And the rushing in of the Clyde water Took Willie's hat from him And he's leaned him over his saddle-bow To catch his hat by force And the rushing in the Clyde water Took Willie from his horse And the very hour that young man sank Into the parts so deep Then up and arose this May Margaret From out from her drowsy sleep "Come here, come here, my mother dear And read my dreary dream I dreamed my lover was at our gates And nobody let him in" "Lie down, lie down, you May Margaret Lie down and take your rest For since your lover was at our gates It's but two quarters past" Then nimbly, nimbly rose she up And went down to the river's brim And the louder that this lady cried The louder grew the wind And the very first step that she went in She's waded to her feet And it's "Oh and alas," this lady cried "The water's wondrous deep!" And the very next step that she went in She's waded to her knee Says she, "I would wade farther in If I my true lover could see" The very last step that she went in She's waded to her chin And in the deepest part of the Clyde water She found sweet William in "Oh, you have had a cruel mother, Willie And I have had another And now we'll sleep in Clyde water Like sister and like brother"
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