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Prince Heathen

演唱者:Martin Carthy / Dave Swarbrick

专辑:Signs of Life

    作词 : Carthy Martin

    作曲 : Carthy Martin

    Lady sits in her garden fair, sewing a silken seam

    And by there come this Prince Heathen, and he vowed her love he'd gain

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    She turned her around and aloud did cry, begone I love not you

    And then he vowed him Prince Heathen, that she would weep full sore

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    So he's laid her all on the ground between himself and the wall

    And there he's stripped her of her will and her maidenhead and all

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Oh I slew your father in his bed and your mother by his side

    And your seven brothers one by one, I drowned them in the tide

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Oh I'll lay you in a vault of stone with thirty locks upon

    And meat nor drink you will never get till your baby it is born

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    So he's laid her in a vault of stone with thirty locks upon

    And he's taken the key in his right hand to the mountain he has gone

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Prince Heathen he from the mountains came with his merry men all in a line

    And he sought out this fair young maid down in her vault of stone

    And how d'you do and do you weep, lady tell me true

    I'm never weeping, heathen dog, but dying here for you

    Oh meat nor drink you'll never get, nor out of prison come

    Oh meat nor drink you will never get, till your baby it is born

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Her time came on and further on, in labour there she lay

    She laboured up she laboured down, but lighter she could not be

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, and never yet for you

    So he's laid her all on the green and his merry men stood around

    And how they laughed and how they mocked, as she brought forth a son

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    A drink, a drink, the young girl cries, all from Prince Heathen's hand

    Oh never a drop, Prince Heathen cries, till ye give up your son

    Then lend to me a silken shawl or a blanket or a sheet

    That I may wrap this little baby, that lies in me arms asleep

    Oh I'll lend you an old horse blanket to wrap him head and feet

    And there she took it in her hand, so bitter she did weep

    O lady do you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, and never now for you

    Could you not give any better thing than a horse blanket or a sheet

    To wrap and swaddle your own young son, that lies in my arms asleep

    He's borne her up so very soft, borne her up so slow

    He's laid her down in a soft green bed, so dearly he loved her now

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    作词 : Carthy Martin

    作曲 : Carthy Martin

    Lady sits in her garden fair, sewing a silken seam

    And by there come this Prince Heathen, and he vowed her love he'd gain

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    She turned her around and aloud did cry, begone I love not you

    And then he vowed him Prince Heathen, that she would weep full sore

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    So he's laid her all on the ground between himself and the wall

    And there he's stripped her of her will and her maidenhead and all

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Oh I slew your father in his bed and your mother by his side

    And your seven brothers one by one, I drowned them in the tide

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Oh I'll lay you in a vault of stone with thirty locks upon

    And meat nor drink you will never get till your baby it is born

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    So he's laid her in a vault of stone with thirty locks upon

    And he's taken the key in his right hand to the mountain he has gone

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Prince Heathen he from the mountains came with his merry men all in a line

    And he sought out this fair young maid down in her vault of stone

    And how d'you do and do you weep, lady tell me true

    I'm never weeping, heathen dog, but dying here for you

    Oh meat nor drink you'll never get, nor out of prison come

    Oh meat nor drink you will never get, till your baby it is born

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    Her time came on and further on, in labour there she lay

    She laboured up she laboured down, but lighter she could not be

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, and never yet for you

    So he's laid her all on the green and his merry men stood around

    And how they laughed and how they mocked, as she brought forth a son

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

    A drink, a drink, the young girl cries, all from Prince Heathen's hand

    Oh never a drop, Prince Heathen cries, till ye give up your son

    Then lend to me a silken shawl or a blanket or a sheet

    That I may wrap this little baby, that lies in me arms asleep

    Oh I'll lend you an old horse blanket to wrap him head and feet

    And there she took it in her hand, so bitter she did weep

    O lady do you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Oh never yet you, heathen dog, and never now for you

    Could you not give any better thing than a horse blanket or a sheet

    To wrap and swaddle your own young son, that lies in my arms asleep

    He's borne her up so very soft, borne her up so slow

    He's laid her down in a soft green bed, so dearly he loved her now

    O lady will you weep for me, lady tell me true

    Ah never yet you, heathen dog, I never shall for you

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