Willie O Winsbury Chords by Anne Briggs

[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
The king _ has [G] been a _ _ prisoner, _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] and a prisoner _ [G] long _ [C] in _ Spain,
_ and _ weary _
_ [G] of the _ _ _ whimspery, has [C] lain long [G] with his daughter [C] at _ _ _ Aisne.
What ails she, what [G] ails she, my daughter, _ _ _ charmers?
_ [D] Well, [G] you look _ so _ pale [C] and _ worn.
_ _ Oh, have you [G] had any sore sickness, _ [C] or _ yet [G] been sleeping with a [C] _ man? _ _ _
I have not [G] had any sore sickness, _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Cm] nor yet been [G] sleeping with [C] a man. _ _ _
_ It _ is for you, [G] my _ father _ dear, [C] for biding [G] so long in [C] _ _ Spain. _ _
Cast off, cast off [G] your very _ brown gown, _ _
[D] _ [C] you stand naked _ upon the _ _ stone, _
_ that I may [G] care me _ by your _ shade, [C] whether you be [G] a maiden or [C] not.
_ _ _ And she _ cast [G] off her very brown _ gown, [D] _
she [C] stood naked _ upon [G] _ the _ [C] stone. _ _
Her apron was [G] low and her haunches were round, her [C] _ [G] face was pale and _ worn.
[C] _ _ Oh, was it [G] with a _ lord, or a duke, or a _ [Dm] knight, _ or [G] a man of [D] _
birth [C] and _ faith? _ _
Or [G] was it with one of me _ serving _ men _
[C] that's [G] lately come out [C] of Spain?
_ _ _ No, it wasn't with a [G] lord, nor a duke, nor a _ _ knight, _ or a man of _ birth and _ faith. _ _
But [C] it was with _ [G] William _ _ Winsbury _ I [Cm] could bide [G] no _ longer alone.
_ _ _ [C] _ And the king he asked, [G] quote on his name, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by [C] thirty _ _ [G]
and by _ [C] three,
_ [G] _
says, fetch me this _ Willie of _ _ Winsbury, _ [Cm] for _ [G] hand that he _ shall be.
_ [C] _ But _ when he _ [G] came the king _ he _ found, _ he [C] was clad all in the red _ silk. _ _
His _ hair [G] was like the strands of gold, [C] his skin [G] was as white [C] as milk.
_ _ _ And it is no _ [G] wonder, _ sir, _ _ _ _ _ _ that my _ _ [C] daughter's love you did _ _ win. _
If I [G] was a woman as I am a man, _ [C] my bedfellow [G] you would have [C]
been.
_ _ _ _ And will you _ [G] marry _ _ _ _ my _ _ [D] daughter Janet, [G] by the truth of your _
[C] _ _ _ terms? _ _
Or will _ [G] you marry my daughter _ Janet, _ [C] I'll make you [G] the lord of [C] my _ land.
_ _ _ Yes, I will [G] marry your daughter _ Janet, _ [D] _ _
[G] by the truth of my _ _ _ _ [C] hands. _ _
Yes, _ I [G] will marry your daughter _ _ Janet, if [C] I'll not [G] be the [C] lord of your _ lands.
_ _ And he's _ mounted _ [G] her on a milk-white steed, _ [D] _ _
[C] and himself on a [G] _
dappled [C] _ grave.
_ _ He has made her the [G] lady of as much land as [A] she'll _ [G] ride in a _ lonesome [C] estate.
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