Lyr Req: shirley collins' geordie #209

Subject: Lyr Req: shirley collins' geordie #209
From: Roberto
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 01:48 PM

Please, help correct and complete this (I miss a line in the second stanza). From Shirley & Dolly Collins, Love, Death & the Lady. Thank you. R

As I rode over London Bridge
One misty morning early
I overheard a tender-hearted girl
Plead for the life of Geordie

Now Geordie ...
He never murdered any
He only shot a King's white deer
All for to feed his family

Then the judge looked over his left shoulder
And thus he says to Geordie:
By your confession you shall hang
And the Lord have mercy upon you

Then Geordie he looked around the court
And saw his dearest Polly
Said he – My love, you've come too late
For I am condemned already

It's six pretty babes I've born to you
And the seventh lies in my body
But freely would I part with them
To spare the life of Geordie

Then Geordie he walked around the court
And said farewell to many
But the leaving of his own true love
That grieved him worst of any

Let Geordie hang in golden chains
His crimes they were not many
He only shot a King's white deer
All for to feed his family

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shirley collins' geordie #209
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 02:16 PM

Roberto - on the live recording from Within Sounds collection she sings an identical version with the omission of the It's six pretty babes... verse. The missing line from verse 2 is (as far as I can make out) Now Geordie robbed nor stole horses. The rest (barring the missing verse) is as you have it here.

Mick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shirley collins' geordie #209
From: Roberto
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 02:31 PM

That's it! Thank you, Mick. R