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Thread #33567 Message #1393225
Posted By: GUEST,Wolfman
30-Jan-05 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Cruel Brother (Child #11)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE CRUEL BROTHER (from Tempest)
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