Chords for Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer - Willie Of Winsbury at Folk Awards 2014

_ The king has gained a _ [C] prisoner, _ _ [Bb] and a prisoner [C]
long [Bb] in spate. _ _
[Dm] And the [Bb] lily [F] of the wind's [Am] plea _ _ has lain long with [F] his daughter [Bb] Jane.
_ _ What ails you, what ails you, my [C] daughter Jane?
_ [F] Why you look so pale [Bb] and warm?
[F] _ _
[Dm] Oh, [Bb] have you had [F] any ill [Am] sickness? _ _
[C] No, you've [F] been [Bb] sleeping with the king.
_ _ I have not had any ill [C] sickness.
_ [Bb] No, you've [C] been sleeping with the [Bb] king. _
_ _ [Dm] It is [Bb] for you, [F] my father [Am] dear, _
_ _ [C] that I am [F] so long [Bb] in spate. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ Cast off, cast off your [C] rolling young,
_ _ _ [Bb] send a [C] kid on [Bb] the storm, _ _
[D] that I [Bb] might know [F] you by your [Am] shape, _ _
[C] if you [F] be maiden [Bb] or nun.
_ _ _ And she's cast off her roll,
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] stood naked [C] on [Bb] the storm. _
_ [Dm] Her apron [Bb] was tied and [F] her waist was [Am] frowned, _
_ [C] her face [F] was [Bb] pale. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ And was it with the lord or a [C] gentleman, _
_ _ [Bb] or a man of [C] wealth [Bb] and fame? _ _
_ [Dm] Was [Bb] it with one of [F] my serving [Am] men, _ _
[C] while I [F] was a prisoner [Bb] in spate?
_ _ No, it wasn't with the lord or a [C] gentleman,
_ _ _ [Bb] or a man [C] of wealth [Bb] and fame. _
_ [Dm] It [Bb] was with Willie [F] of [Am] Innsbury. _ _
_ [C] I can lie [F] no longer [Bb] alone,
_ _ and the king has called his serving [C] men, _ _ _
[Bb] by one, [C] by two, and by [Bb]
three,
_ _ [Dm] saying, where [Bb] is this Willie [F] of Innsbury?
[Am] _
_ _ For [C] him, [F] he [Bb] shall be. _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
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And when they came before [C] the king, _ _
[Bb] by one, [C] by two, and [Bb] by three,
_ _ _ [Dm] Willie [Bb] should have been the first [Am] of them,
_ _ but [C] the last [F] of them [Bb] was he. _ _
And Willie _ of the [C] Innsbury, _ _ _
[Bb] all dressed [C] up in red [Bb] silk,
_ _ [Dm] his hair [Bb] hung like [F] the strands of [Am] gold,
_ _ _ _ [C]
his [F] clothes white [Bb] and smooth. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ No wonder, no wonder, the king he [C] said,
that _ [Bb] my daughters [C] love you different
[Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] if I [Bb] were a woman [F] as I am [Am] a man,
_ _ [C] and my only [F]
you would [Bb] have been.
And will you marry my [C] daughter Janine _
[Bb] by the faith [C] of your [Bb]
writing,
and _ [Dm] I'll make [Bb] you the lord of [F] my serving [Am] men,
_ _ _ [C] I'll make [F] you the heir to my [Bb] land. _
Oh yes, I'll marry your [C] daughter Janine _
by [Bb] the faith [C] of my [Bb] writing,
_ _ [Dm] but I'll not be [Bb] the lord of any [Am] man,
_ I'll _
[C] not be [F] the heir to [Bb] your land.
_ _ And he's raised her up on a milk [C] white steed,
[F] _ _ [Bb] and himself [C] on a [Bb] dappled gray. _
_ [Dm] He has made [Bbm] her the [F] lady of as [Am] much land
_ as [C] she can ride in [F] a long [Bb] summer's day. _
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_ [N] © transcript Emily Beynon _ _ _
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