Chords for June Tabor - Clerk Saunders

Oh, it was a sad and rainy _ night
And the rain did rain from town to town
_ Clark, Sanders, and his lady gay
Were walking through [Gm] the fields
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] Oh, a bed, a [C#] bed, Clark Sanders cried
A bed, a bed for you and me
[Gm] _ Oh, never a bed, says the gay lady
Until the tweet of married Pete _ _ _
For it's I of seven brothers bald
And unto you [G] they bear no [N] goodwill _
And if they got you in my bower
Oh, [Cm] they'd vow you not your blood to spill _ _
Oh, I'll take the sword all from my scabbard
And slowly, slowly lift up the boy
That you might swear and save your oath
That you never let Clark Sandy in
_ _ [G] _ Then take me up all in your arms
And carry me unto your bed
_ That you might swear and save your oath
Clark Sandy never you [C] bowed a tread
_ _ _ [G] So he's taken the sword all from his scabbard
And slowly, slowly lifted the pin
_ That she might swear and save her oath
That she never let Clark Sandy [C] in
_ _ [Gm] _ Then she's taken him up in her two arms
And carried him unto her bed
_ That she [C] might swear and save her oath
Clark Sandy never you [G] bowed a tread
_ _ _ _ [D] And then it's [C#] in came a brother's bald
And all their torches burning bright
[G] Says, there we have but the one sister
And see she's lying with the night
_ And then it's up and spoke [Gm] the first [G] to them
I know they [D#] have been lovers dear _
And up and spoke the next to them
Oh, they've been in love for many's [Cm] the year
_ [G] _ And then it's up and [C] spoke the third to them
It would be [Gm] a shame these two to twain
_ [B] And up and spoke the fourth to them
Oh, [Gm] it's a sin to kill a sleeping [C] man
_ _ And then it's up and spoke the fifth to them
_ I swear they'll never be harmed by me
And up and spoke the sixth to them
Oh, we'll take our leave and we'll go our way _ _ _
And then it's up and spoke the seventh brother _
Saying, though there be no man but me
I bear the brand all in
And she'll surely make Clark Sandy die
And then he's taken out his nut-brown sword
And drawn it three times through the straw _
And through and through Clark Sandy's body
Oh, he's got that rusty rapier go
_ _ [G] _ _
[C] And they have lain all night in each other's arms _
Till the [G] day began to dawn
[Gm] _ _
And kindly to him she did say
Oh, it's time my love that you were away _ _
Oh, you are the _ [G] sleepiest young man
That ever [D#] my two eyes could see _
Oh, you've lain all night all in my arms
And I'm sure it is a shame to [C] be _ _
_ _ And then she's drawn the blankets to the foot
[N] And turned the sheets unto the wall
_ And there she's seen his bloody wounds
And his two grey eyes all pale and cold _
And it's cursed be my bloody brothers
I, and the nilfgaard may die
For you dared not [C] fight him in the field
But you slew him as he lay with me
And [Gm] it's I will do for my love's sake
What many a lady will not do
Seven long years shall come and go
Before I wear stocking or I wear shoe
_ _ And there's never a shirt goes on my back
And never a [B] comb goes in my hair
Never a fire nor a candlelight
_ Shine in [G] my bowers
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