Death and the Lady

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T:Death and the Lady
B:Broadwood, L, 1908, English Traditional Songs and Carols, London, Boosey
N:Reprinted by EP Publishing Limited, Rowman & Littlefield, Totowa, New Jersey, 1974
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:C     %Meter
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K:G
G2 |B2 B2 d3 d | d2 d2 (AB) c2 |B4 z2
w:"Fair la-dy, throw those cost-ly robes_ a-side.                    
G2 |B2 B2 d3 d |d2 d2 (AB) c2 | B4 z2
w:No lon-ger may you glo-ry in_ your pride.
d2 |G2 G2 G2 G2 | B2 d2 B2 G2 |A4 z2
w:Take leave of all your car-nal vain de-light;
G2 |B2 B2 d2 d2 |d2 d2 A2 B2 |G6
w:I'm come to sum-mon you a-way this night."
 G2 |B3 B d2 d2 |d z d2 (AB) c2 | B6 
w: "What bold at-tempt is this? pray let_ me know
B2 G2 |B2 d2 d2 |d2 A2 (AB) c2 |A4 z2
w:From  whence you come and with-er I_ must go.
d2 |G3 G G2 G2 | B2 d2 B2 G2 |A6
w:Shall I, who am a la-dy, stoop or bow
   G2 |B2 B2 d2 d2 |d d2 z A2 B2 | G4 |]
w:To such a pale faced vis-age? Who art thou?"

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