Willy O Winsbury chords by Lady Moon

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

♫ Intro:

G Am
C G D
C G D


♫ Verse 1:
    C        G           D
The king has been a prisoner
      Am               C
And a prisoner long in Spain
    G                    Bm
And William of the Winsbury
         G                             C
Has lain long with the king's daughter Jane

♫ Verse 2:
     C              G                     D
What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Jane
        Am               C
For you look so pale and wan?
    G                         Bm
But have you had any sore sickness
   G                        C
Or yet been sleeping with a man?


♫ Verse 3:
  C        G                D
I have not had any sore sickness
    Am                       C
Nor yet been sleeping with a man
   G                    Bm
It is my worry for you, Father dear
         G                 C
For your bidin' so long in Spain


♫ Verse 4:
     C         G                     D
Cast off, cast off, your berry-brown gown
          Am             C
And stand naked upon the stone
     G                      Bm
That I may know you by your shape
       G              C
If you be a maiden or no


♫ Verse 5:
    C          G                   D
And she's cast off her berry-brown gown
          Am             C
And stood naked upon the stone
    G                                   Bm
Her apron was low and her haunches were round
    G                 C
Her face was pale and wan


♫ Verse 6:
    C             G                  D
And was it with a lord, a duke, or a knight?
     Am               C
Or a man of birth and fame?
   G                     Bm
Or was it with one of my serving men
   G                    C
So lately returned from Spain?


♫ Verse 7:
       C        G                  D
No, it wasn't a lord, a duke, or a knight
     Am               C
Or a man of birth and fame
   G                 Bm
It was with Willy of Winsbury
        G              C
I could bide no longer alone


♫ Verse 8:
        C        G                    D
And the king has called his merry men all
   Am            C
By thirty and by three
    G                      Bm
Oh, fetch me this Willy of Winsbury
    G               C
For hanged he shall be


♫ Instrumental:
C G Em D
Em C
G Bm C


♫ Verse 9:
    C       G               D
But when he came the king before
       Am                  C
He was clad all in the red silk
    G                            Bm
His hair was like the strands of gold
    G                        C
His skin was as white as the milk


♫ Verse 10:
    C       G                   D
And is it a wonder, the king he said
        Am                      C
That my daughter's love you did win
       G                       Bm
For if I were a lady as I am a man
   G                         C
My bedfellow, you would have been


♫ Verse 11:
    C        G                 D
And will you marry my daughter Jane
       Am                  C
By the truth of your right hand?
    G                           Bm
For if you'll marry my daughter Jane
     G                       C
I'll make you the lord of my land


♫ Verse 12:
      C         G                   D
Well, yes, I'll marry your daughter Jane
       Am                C
By the truth of my right hand
     G                              Bm
And still, I'll marry your daughter Jane
         G                       C
But I'll not be the lord of your land


♫ Verse 13:
       C           G               D
And he saddled her on a milk-white steed
    Am                  C
And himself on a dapple grey
         G                            Bm
And he's made her the lady of as much land
             G                       C
That she can ride on a long summer's day