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Magpie Lane - Bold William Taylor lyrics
I'll sing you a song about two lovers, Who from Lichfield town they came, The young man's name t'was William Taylor, The maiden's name was Sarah Gray. William Taylor, he has 'listed, For a soldier he has gone, He has gone and left his own true lover For to sigh and for to mourn. Sally's parents, they did despise her, Filled her heart with grief and woe, And then at last she vowed and told them For a soldier she would go. She's dressed herself in man's apparel. Man's apparel she's put on To go and seek her own true lover, For to find him she has gone. One day as she was exercising, Exercising with the rest, A silver chain fell from her waistcoat And exposed her lily-white brest. The sargeant Major he came up to her, Asked of her what brought her here, "I've come to seek my own true lover Who has proved to me so dear". "If you've come to seek your own true lover I pray you tell to me his name" "His name, it is Bold William Taylor And from Lichfield town he came". "If his mane it is bold William Taylor, William Taylor he is not here For his lately married a rich young lady Worth ten thousand pound a year. "If you rise early in the morning Just before the break of day, There you will see Bold William Taylor A-walking out with his lady fair" So she's rose early in the morning, Just before the break of day, And there she spied Bold Willim Taylor Walking out with his lady fair. Then she called for a sword and a pistol Which was brought at her command, And she's fired and shot Bold William Taylor With his bride at his right hand. "If all young men from Wales to London Treat thus as she" said he, "Then all young women would be undone, How very scarse young men would be". |
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