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09 Aug 05 - 07:48 AM (#1538339) Subject: Lyr Add: REDESDALE AND WISE WILLIAM (Chris Coe) From: Roberto Child number 246. Chris Coe, A Wiser Fool, Backshift Music BASH CD51, 2001. Chris Coe: conjectural restoration, Child and Bronson. Please, help me complete this text (I can't get a couple of words in stanza 11, and I need a general check to the rest. Thank you. R Redesdale and Wise William Sat drinking at the wine And all the talk between them two Was about the ladies fine Was about the ladies fine Said Redesdale unto William I'll tell you what I'll do I'll wager my lands against your head And that is what I'll do And that is what I'll do That there's no woman in all this land In a bower ever she been That I cannot her favour win But with one blink of my eye But with one blink of my eye Says William – I've a sister In a bower wherever she be And you will not her favour win Not with ten blinks of your eye Not with ten blinks of your eye So Redesdale's took young William And placed him in a prison strong That he may neither go nor ride Nor one word o' warning send her Nor one word o' warning send William wrote a letter Between the night and day And he sent it to his sister By the white feather and the gray By the white feather and the gray Now she looked out of her west window For to see what she could see And there she spied him Redesdale Come riding over the lea Come riding over the lea Come down, come down, you lady fair One sight of you I'll see For the gowns are of the silk so fine That I will give to thee That I will give to thee If yours are of the silk so fine Then mine's of the bonnie brown So get you gone, you Redesdale For I will not come down For I will not come down Come down, come down, fair lady One sight of you I'll see For the rings are of the gold so red That I will give to thee That I will give to thee If yours are of the gold so red Then mine's of the silver clear So ..., you Redesdale For you should not be here For you should not be here Come down, come down, fair lady One sight of you I'll see Or I will set your house on fire If better cannot be If better cannot be So he has set her house on fire And quickly it did flame But there came a short sharp shour out of the wast And put it out again And put it out again Then out from among the smoke and flames The bonnie lady's come With as muckle red gold wrapped around her neck As could buy ten times over As could buy ten times round Oh woe betide you, ill woman And an ill death may you die For you have won your brother's head An landless I must fly An landless I must fly |
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09 Aug 05 - 07:51 AM (#1538341) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chris coe's redesdale & wise william From: GUEST,Linkin "f*ck" ?? |
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09 Aug 05 - 12:18 PM (#1538549) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chris coe's redesdale & wise william From: Roberto The meaning is similar, but the words are different. Please, someone who owns this beautiful cd. R |