Remove AdsG CIt fell upon a holy-day
GAs many in the year,
G CMusgrave to the church did go
G C Gto see fine ladies there
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G CAnd some were dressed in velvet red
Gand some in velvet pale
G CAnd then in came Lord Barnard's wife,
G C GThe fairest among them all.
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G CShe cast an eye on Little Musgrave,
Gfull bright as the summer sun;
CSaid Musgrave unto himself
G C G"This lady's heart have I won."
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G C GI have loved you fair lady
Gfor long and many's the day
G C Gand I have loved you little Musgrave
G C Gthough never a word did say
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G C'I have a bower at Bucklesfordberry,
GIt's me hearts delight
G CI'll take you back there with me
G C GIf you'll lie in my arms all night.'
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G CBut standing by was a little footpage,
GFrom the lady's coach he ran.
G C'Although I Am my lady's page,
G C GI Am Lord Barnard's man.
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G C'Lord Barnard shall know of this,
GWhether I sink or swim;'
G cAnd everywhere the bridges were broke,
G C GHe'd enter the water and swim.
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G C G" Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard,
Gyou are a man of life,
G C Gbut Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry,
G C GAsleep with your wedded wife.'
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G C'If this be true, me little footpage,
GThis thing that you tell me,
G CAll the gold in Bucklesford Berry
G C GGladly I'll give to thee.
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G C'But if this be a lie, thou little foot
page,
GThis thing that you tell me,
GFrom the highest tree in
CBucklesfordberry,
G C GHanged you shall be.'
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G C G"Go saddle me the black he said
GGo saddle me the grey
G C Gand sound you not your horns," he said
G C G"lest our coming you betray"
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G CBut there was a man in Lord Barnard's
train
GWho loved the little Musgrave
G Cand he blew his horn both loud and
shrill
G C G'Away, Musgrave, away.'
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G C'I think I hear the morning cock,
GI think I hear the jay;
G CI think I hear Lord Barnard's men,
G C GAnd I wish I was away.'
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G C'Lie still, lie still, thou Little
Musgrave,
GAnd hug me from the cold;
G C'It's only a shepherd's boy,
G C GA-bringing his flock to fold.
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G C'Is not your hawk upon it's perch?
GYour steed eats oats and hay;
G CAnd You've a lady in your arms,
G C GAnd yet you'd Go away?'
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G CSo he's turned around and he's kissed
her twice
Gand then they fell asleep
G Cwhen they awoke Lord Barnard's Men
G C Gwere standing at their feet.
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G C G"How Do you like me bed?" he said, and
G"How Do you like me sheets?"
G C G"And how Do you like me fair lady ,
G C Gthat lies in you arms asleep?"
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G C"It's well I like your bed," he said
G" and great it gives me pain,
G CI would gladly give a hundred pounds
G C Gto be on yonder plain.'
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G CSo slowly, so slowly he got up
GSo slowly he put on
G CSlowly down the stairs
G C GThinking to be slain.
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G C GRise up rise up,little Musgrave,
Grise up and then put on;
G C GIt shall not be said in fair Ireland
G C Gthat I slayed a naked man.
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G C'There are two swords down at my side,
Gand dear they cost my purse;
G CAnd you shall have the best of them,
G C GAnd I will take the worse.'
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G CThe first rook that Musgrave struck
GIt hurt Lord Barnard sore;
G CBut the next rook that Lord Barnard
struck,
G C GLittle Musgrave ne'er struck more.
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G CThen up and spake the fair lady,
Gfrom on her bed she lay.'
G C'Although you're dead, Little Musgrave,
G C GStill for you I"ll pray.
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G C G"How Do you like his cheek?" he said,
and
G"how Do you like his chin?
G C Gand how Do you like his dead body,
G C Gnow there's no life within."
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G C"It's well I like his cheek" she said,
G"and more I want his chin,
G CIt's more I love his dead body, than
G C Gall your kith and kin."
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G CHe's taken out his long,long sword,
Gto strike the mortal blow,
G Cand through, and through the lady's
heart
G C Gthe cold steel it did go
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G C'A grave, a grave,' Lord Barnard cried,
G'To put these lovers in;
G CBut put my lady on the upper half,
G C GFor she came from better kin.'
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G C'For I've just killed the finest knight
GThat ever rode a steed;
G CAnd I've just slain the fairest lady
G C GThat ever did a woman's deed."
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G CIt fell upon a holy-day
GAs many's in the year,
G C
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