Then there's the version done by the band Tempest (www.tempestmusic.com) There were three sisters lived in a hall High the rose and the lily, O There came a knight and he courted them all O the rose it smells so sweetly The first one she was dressed in red Will you come with me and share my bed And the second one was dressed in green Would you come with me and be my queen And the third one she was dressed in white Would you come and be my only light You may ask my father the king And you may ask my mother the queen And you may ask my sister Ann But don't forget my brother John So he has asked her father the king And he has asked her mother the queen And he has asked her sister Ann But he forget her brother John Her father he led her to the hall And the mother she danced before them all And her sister Ann led her to the court And her brother John helped her on her horse He had taken the blade both long and sharp And he pierced the bride right through the heart Lead me gently up the hill And there I'll sit and make my will What will you leave your father dear? The bonny steed that brought me here What will you leave your mother dear? The bloody robes that I do wear What will you leave your sister Ann? The golden ring from of my hand And what will you leave your brother John? The gallows tree to hang him on
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