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Thread #23329   Message #3053410
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-Dec-10 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Nobleman's Wedding
Subject: Lyr Add: THE NOBLEMAN'S WEDDING (MacColl/Seeger)
From Till Doomsday in the Afternoon: The Folklore of a Family of Scots Travellers... by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger (Manchester University Press, 1986), page 229:

THE NOBLEMAN'S WEDDING
(Laws P 31)

1. O, late last night I was asked to a wedding,
The wedding of a fair maid who proved to be unkind.
As she looked in the eyes of her new intended lover,
Thoughts of her old love run still through her mind.

2. Supper was over and all things was ended.
Every young man had to sing the bride a song,
Till it came to the turn of her old intended lover.
Thoughts of her old love run still through her mind.

3. O, how can you sit at another man's table?
How can you drink of another man's wine?
And how can you lie in the arms of another
When oft-times, dear, oft-times you have lain in mine?

4. Sobbing and sighing, she went to her bedroom.
Sobbing and sighing, she went to her bed;
And early next morning, her bridegroom awakened,
And turning around, he found his bride was dead.

5. O Annie, dear Annie, I knew you never loved me.
Your love and my love would never agree;
For I ken fine I've ta'en ye frae a better,
Ta'en ye frae a better than ever I could be.