A Maiden Sat A-Weeping

X:96
T:A Maiden Sat A-Weeping
B:M Yates et Al, Dear Companion, EFDSS, 2004
Z:Cecil Sharp
S:Sung by Lloyd Fizgerald at Nash, Nelson County, Virginia, 9 May 1918
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/2     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:C
G2 c2 d2 |e4 c4 e2 c2 | [M:4/4][L:1/8] A6 G2 |A2 c2 d2 ee | [M:3/2][L:1/8] G6
w:While ri-ding down that green-wood road, There sat a la-dy who mourned,
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w:And all of her la-men-ta-tion was, It was John of the Ha-zel-green
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W:While riding down that greenwood road
W:There sat a lady who mourned,
W:And all of her lamentation was,
W:It was John of the Hazelgreen.
W:
W:You are welcome with me, kind miss,
W:You are welcome with me, said he,
W:And you may have my oldest son
W:A husband for to be.
W:
W:I don't want your oldest son,
W:He's neither lord nor king.
W:I intend to be the bride of none
W:But John of Hazelgreen.
W:
W:*For he's tall and his shoulders broad,
W:He's the lord of all our kin.
W:His hair hangs down like the links of gold,
W:He's John of the Hazelgreen.
W:
W:While riding down that lengthy lane,
W:That lane that leads to town,
W:O up stepped John of the Hazelgreen
W:And helped his lady down.
W:
W:Forty times he kissed her rudy lips
W:And forty times he kissed her chin,
W:And forty times he kissed her ruby lips
W:And let his lady in.
W:
W:
W:(*  This stanza was moved by Sharp from before verse 3 to after it)

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