Willie Of Winsbury chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
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The king has been a prisoner
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And a prisoner long in Spain
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And Willie of the Winsbury
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Has lain long with his daughter Jane
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"What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Jane?
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Why, you look so pale and wan
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Oh, have you had any ill sickness
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Or yet been sleeping with a man?"
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"I have not had any ill sickness
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Nor yet been sleeping with a man
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It is for you my father dear
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For biding so long in Spain"
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"Cast off, cast off your robe and gown
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Stand naked on the stone
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That I might know you by your shape
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If you be maiden or none"
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And she's cast off her robe and gown
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Stood naked on a stone
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Her apron was tight and her waist was round
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Her face was pale and wan

Verse:
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"And was it with a lord or a gentleman
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Or a man of wealth and fame?
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Or was it with one of my servingmen
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While I was a prisoner in Spain?"
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"No, it wasn't with a lord or a gentlemen
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Or a man of wealth and fame
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It was with Willie of Winsbury
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I could bide no longer alone"
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And the king has called his servingmen
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By one, by two, by three
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Saying "Where is this Willie of Winsbury?
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For hanged he shall be"
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And when they came before the king
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By one, by two, and by three
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Willie should have been the first of them
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But the last of them was he
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And Willie of the Winsbury
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All dressed up in red silk
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His hair hung like the strands of gold
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His breast was white as milk
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"No wonder, no wonder", the king he said
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"That my daughter's love you did win
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If I were a woman as I am a man
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In my own bed you would have been -

Verse:
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And will you marry my daughter Jane
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By the faith of your right hand?
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And I'll make you the lord of my servingmen
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I'll make you the heir to my land"
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"Oh yes, I'll marry your daughter Jane
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By the faith of my right hand
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But I'll not be the lord of any man
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I'll be not be the heir to your land"
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And he's raised her up on a milk white steed
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And himself on a dapple gray
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He has made her the lady of as much land
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As she can ride on a long summer's day