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GUEST,RE Anderson, Chicago, IL, USA Lyr: Close Unto Fulbeck in Lincolnshire (14) RE: Lyr: Close Unto Fulbeck in Lincolnshire 23 Nov 23


THIS IS GREAT!
I just logged on trying to find the two lines I've been missing and found some answers.
Here's my best knowledge of the songs, including my two missing lines:

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Close unto Fulbeck in Lincolnshire
There lived a woman who, as I did hear,
Who being one of the Devil’s wicked band
Laid a curse on houses, cattle and land

And seeing ruins around them lie
The people vowed that the witch must die
And every night on their knees did loudly call
"May the Good Lord soon deliver us all"

Til there came riding a soldier bold
And soon the story was quickly told
Black Jim his name and a man of noble deed
And now Bayard was the name of his steed

“.….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .…..?
I pray you where does this demon dwell?”
He clapped his spurs into Bayard’s gallant side,
And the great way to the witch he did ride.

“Come out, come out, oh you hell born dame
Come out!”, he cried, “in the good Lords name
The Devil’s curse shall be taken from this land
By the broad sword that do shine in me hand”

Then like a demon she did appear
Crying “Who dare come so boldly here?”
With Satan’s curses the fields and meadows rang
And at Bayard like a tiger she sprang

Her cruel claws from her fingers flashed,
And Bayard’s blood on the ground was splashed
But like a winged horse he gave a mighty bound
And the old hag she was dashed to the ground.

And so the news through all England sped,
“Rejoice, rejoice for the witch is dead!
But gallant Bayard upon the green grass lay
With his life blood quickly flashing away.

Close unto Fulbeck in Lincolnshire,
.….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .….. .…..?
But Christian men to this day the memory keep,
Gallant Bayard and the tale of his leap.
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CAN ANYONE FINISH IT FOR US / ME?
(I heard it on a CD by a Brit names Connolly, who might have written Fiddler's Green, but was definitely from that part of the UK).

Thank you!!
RE Anderson, Chicago, IL, USA


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