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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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"I forbid you
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maidens all that wear gold in your hair
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To travel to Carterhaugh for young
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Tam Lin is there
Verse 2
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None that go by Carterhaugh
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but they leave him a pledge
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Either their mantles of green or else
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Verse 3
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Janet tied her kirtle green
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a bit above her knee
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And she's gone to Carterhaugh
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as fast as go can she
Verse 4
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not pulled a double rose,
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a rose but only two
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When up there came young Tam Lin says "Lady,
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pull no more"
Verse 5
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"And why come you to Carterhaugh
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without command from me?"
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"I'll come and go", young Janet said,
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"and ask no leave of thee"
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Janet tied her kirtle green
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a bit above her knee
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And she's gone to her father
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as fast as go can she
Verse 7
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Well, up then spoke her father dear
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and he spoke meek and mild
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"Oh, and alas, Janet," he said,
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"I think you go with child"
Verse 8
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"Well, if that be so," Janet said,
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"myself shall bear the blame
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There's not a knight in all your hall
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shall get the baby's name
Verse 9
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For if my love were an earthly
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knight as he is an elfin grey
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I'd not change my own true love for
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any knight you have"
Interlude 2
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Verse 10
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Janet tied her kirtle green
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a bit above her knee
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And she's gone to Carterhaugh
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as fast as go can she
Verse 11
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"Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin," she said,
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"why came you here to dwell?"
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"The Queen of Faeries caught me
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when from my horse I fell
Verse 12
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And at the end of seven years
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she pays a tithe to hell
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I so fair and full of flesh and
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But tonight is Hallowe'en and
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the faerie folk ride
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Those that would their true love win
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at Miles Cross they must buy
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So
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first let past the horses black
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and then let past the brown
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Quickly run to the white steed
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and pull the rider down
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For
Verse 15
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I'll ride on the white steed,
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the nearest to the town
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For I was an earthly knight,
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they give me that renown
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Verse 16
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Oh, they will turn me in your arms
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to a newt or a snake
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But hold me tight and fear not,
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I am your baby's father
Verse 17
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And they will turn me in your
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arms into a li on bold
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But hold me tight and fear not and
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you will love your child
Verse 18
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And they will turn me in your arms
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into a naked knight
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But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out
Interlude 3
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Verse 19
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she heard the bridle ring
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She heeded what he did say and
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young Tam Lin did win
Verse 20
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Then up spoke the Faerie Queen,
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an angry queen was she
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Woe betide her ill-farred face,
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an ill death may she die
Verse 21
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"Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said,
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"what this knight I did see
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I have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree"
Outro 1
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