[ti:Willy O' Winsbury] [ar:Pentangle] [al:Solomon's Seal] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Willy O' Winsbury - Pentangle [00:06.28]Written by:Traditional [00:12.56]The king has been a prisoner [00:19.10]And a prisoner long in Spain [00:24.39]And Willie of the Winsbury [00:30.91]Has lain long with his daughter at home [00:36.44]What ails you what ails you my daughter Janet [00:42.90]Why you look so pale and wan [00:47.97]Oh have you had any sore sickness [00:54.76]Or yet been sleeping with a man [00:59.85]I have not had any sore sickness [01:06.77]Nor yet been sleeping with a man [01:11.85]It is for you my father dear [01:18.64]For biding so long in Spain [01:23.87]Cast off cast off your berry brown gown [01:30.57]You stand naked upon the stone [01:35.85]That I may know you by your shape [01:42.53]If you be a maiden or no [01:47.66]And she's cast off her berry brown gown [01:54.38]She stood naked upon the stone [01:59.44]Her apron was low and her haunches were round [02:06.10]Her face was pale and wan [02:11.09]Oh was it with a Lord or a duke or a knight [02:17.91]Or a man of birth and fame [02:23.07]Or was it with one of my serving men [02:29.60]That's lately come out of Spain [02:34.83]It wasn't with a Lord nor a duke or a knight [02:41.42]Nor a man of birth and fame [02:46.68]But it was with Willie of Winsbury [02:53.66]I could bide no longer alain [02:58.62]And the king has called on his merry men all [03:05.48]By thirty and by three [03:10.62]Says Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury [03:17.32]For hanged he shall be [03:46.76]But when he came the king before [03:52.91]He was clad all in the red silk [03:58.20]His hair was like the strands of gold [04:04.82]His skin was as white as the milk [04:10.37]And it is no wonder said the king [04:17.07]That my daughter's love you did win [04:22.13]For if I was a woman as I am a man [04:28.96]My bedfellow you would have been [04:34.30]And will you marry my daughter Janet [04:41.00]By the truth of your right hand [04:46.45]Oh will you marry my daughter Janet [04:52.92]I will make you the Lord of my land [04:58.48]Oh yes I will marry your daughter Janet [05:05.10]By the truth of my right hand [05:10.51]Why yes I will marry your daughter Janet [05:16.96]But I'll not be the Lord of your land [05:22.31]And he's mounted her on a milk white steed [05:29.02]And himself on a dapple grey [05:34.33]He has made her the lady of as much land [05:40.99]As she shall ride in a long summer's day