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TAMLYN - (FRIVOLOUS LOVE - track 5)
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I forbid you maidens all |
But she hadn't pulled the one bitter herb The herb that grows there in the long When up then spoke young Tamlyn Saying Margaret leave it alone, oh sweetheart Margaret leave it alone |
First there came the black horse and then there
came the brown They both raced by the white She threw her arms up around his neck And he did not hear a fright, a fright He did not hear a fright |
| Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret, she's sitting in
a bower She's as red as any rose And she's longed to go to the chaser's wood To pull them flowers that grow, that grow To pull them flowers that grow |
Why do you want that bitter, bitter herb? That herb that grows there in the grey Except for to twine away the pretty little babe That we got in our play, our play That we got in our play |
Then thunder roared across the sky And the stars burnt as bright as day And the Queen of the elvins gave a thrilling cry Tamlyn he's away, he's away Tamlyn he's away |
| Now she's taken out her silver comb Made haste to comb her hair And she's gone down to the chaser's wood As fast as she could tear, could tear As fast as she could tear |
Well tell me this Tamlyn she says If a mortal man you be Well I'll tell you the truth without a word of a lie I got christened as good as thee, as thee I got christened as good as thee |
Well they changed him then, it was all in her
arms To a lion roaring wild But she held him tight, she feared him not He was the father of her child, she knew that He was the father of her child |
| But she hadn't pulled the one red rose The rose that grows there in the green When a voice said lady how you dare touch a rose? Without no leave of me, of me Without no leave of me |
But as I rode out on a bitter, bitter day ' Twas from my horse I fell And the Queen of the elvins did take me In yonder green wood to dwell, to dwell In yonder green wood to dwell |
Well they changed him again, it was all in her arms To a big black dog to bite But she held him tight, she feared him not He did not hear a fright, a fright He did not hear a fright |
| This rose it is my very own My father he gave it to me And I'll bend and I'll pull and I'll break the branch And I won't ask leave of thee, of thee No, I won't ask leave of thee |
And it's every seventh, seventh year We pay our toll to hell And the last one here is the first to go And I fear the toll it's myself, it's myself Yes, I fear the toll's myself |
Then they changed him again, it was all in her arms To a big black hissing snake But she held him tight, she feared him not He was one of God's own make, she knew that He was one of God's own make |
| He's taken her by the middle so small Down to where the grass it grew so green And what he done no I just couldn't say But he never once asked her leave, her leave He never once asked her leave |
But tonight it is the Hallowe'en When the elvin coach shall ride And if you would your true lover save By the old mill bridge you must hide, you must hide By the old mill bridge you must hide |
And they changed him again, it was all in her arms To a white hot bar of iron But she held him tight, she feared him not He'd done to her no harm, no harm He had done to her no harm |
| Four and twenty maidens all sitting in the hall All playing at the chess All except for a young Margaret She's as green as any grass, any grass She's as green as any grass |
First there'll come the black horse and then there'll come
the brown They'll both race by the white You must throw your arms up around my neck And I must not hear a fright, a fright I must not hear a fright |
Then they changed him again, it was all in her arms To a mother naked man She threw her cloak around his shoulders Saying Tamlyn we've won love, we've one Saying Tamlyn we've won |
| Yes there's four and twenty maidens all sitting in the hall
All as red as the rose All except for a young Margaret Pale and wan she goes, she goes Pale and wan she goes |
And they'll change me then, and it's all in your arms To many's the beast wild You must hold me tight, you must fear me not I'm the father of your child, you know that I'm the father of your child |
Now the Queen of the elvins how she cursed young Tamlyn Oh, how she cursed him good I should've tore out your eyes Tamlyn I should've put in two eyes of wood, of wood I should've put in two eyes of wood |
| Well up then spoke one of them girls And on her face was a smile I think my Lady's loved a little long And now she goes with child, with child Yes now she goes with child |
Well the woods grew dark and the woods grew dim Tamlyn he was gone And she's picked up her little white feet And to the old mill bridge she has run, she's run To the old mill bridge she has run |
It's curses on you Tamlyn, she says You once was my very own And you when were mine, I should 'a tore out your heart And put in a heart of stone, cold stone Yes put in a heart of stone |
| Up then spoke another of them girls And a pretty little girl was she I know a herb growing in the chaser's wood That'll twine the baby from thee, from thee That will twine the baby from thee |
But she looked high and she looked low She compassed all around But she nothing saw and she nothing heard She heard no mortal sound, no sound She heard no mortal sound |
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| Lady Margaret she's taken out her silver comb And made haste to comb her hair And she's gone down to the chaser's wood As fast as she could tear, could tear As fast as she could tear |
Until the darkest hour of that night She heard the bridles ring It chilled her heart, gave her a start More than any mortal thing, any thing More than any mortal thing |
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