Biography:
June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England) is considered one of the foremost English folk singers of her generation. Aside from her highly-acclaimed solo music career, she has also combined her talents with greats such as Maddy Prior (as one half of Silly Sisters), Martin Simpson, Elvis Costello and Oysterband. In 2004, and again in 2012, she was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2011 the album "Ragged Kingdom" by June Tabor & Oysterband was named "Album of the Year" in the fROOTS critics poll.
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Other songs:
- A Proper Sort Of Gardener
- Bonny Bunch Of Roses
- Bonny May
- Cold And Raw
- Fair Margaret And Sweet William
- I Love My Love
- Lord Maxwells Last Goodnight
- No Mans Land Flowers Of The Forest
- Now Im Easy
- Reynard The Fox
- Scarecrow
- Soldiers Three
- Streets Of Forbes
- The Auld Beggarman
- The Dancing
- The Earl Of Aboyne
- The Fair Maid Of Islington
- The Grey Funnel Line
- The Old Garden Gate
- Turn Of The Road
- Unicorns
- Where Are You Tonight
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[Intro]
B E F# B F# B
[Verse]
B
Bonny May, a-shepherding has gone
E F#
To call the sheep to the fold
B E
And as she sang, her bonny voice it rang
F# B
Right over the tops of the downs, downs
F#
Right over the tops of the downs
[Verse]
B
There came a troop of gentlemen
E F#
As they were riding by
B E
And one of them has lighted down
F# B
And he's asked of her the way, way
F#
And he's asked of her the way
[Verse]
B
"Ride on, ride on, you rank riders
E F#
Your steeds are stout and strong
B E
For it's out of the fold I will not go
F# B
For fear you do me wrong, wrong
F#
For fear you do me wrong."
[Verse]
B
Now he's taken her by the middle jimp
E F#
And by the green gown sleeve
B E
And there he's had his will of her
F# B
And he's asked of her no leave, leave
F#
And he's asked of her no leave
[Verse]
B
Now he's mounted on his berry brown steed
E F#
He soon o'erta'en his men
B E
And one and all cried out to him
F# B
"Oh, master, you tarried long, long
F#
Oh, master, you tarried long."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, I've ridden East and I've ridden West
E F#
And I've ridden o'er the downs
B E
But the bonniest lass that ever I saw
F# B F#
She was calling her sheep to the fold, fold
[Verse]
B
She's taken the milk-pail on her head
E F#
And she's gone lingering home
B E
And all her father said to her
F# B
Was, "Daughter, you tarried long, long
F#
Oh, daughter, you tarried long."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, woe be to your shepherd, father
E F#
He takes no care of the sheep
B E
For he's builded the fold at the back of the down
F# B
And the fox has frightened me, me
F#
And the fox has frightened me."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, there came a fox to the fold door
E F#
With twinkling eye so bold
B E
And ere he'd taken the lamb that he did
F# B F#
I'd rather he'd taken them all, all."
[Verse]
B
Now twenty weeks were gone and past
E F#
Twenty weeks and three
B E
The lassie began to fret and to frown
F# B
And to long for the twinkling eye, bright eye
F#
And to long for the twinkling eye
[Instrumental]
B E F# B E F# B F#
[Verse]
B
Now it fell on a day, on a bonny summer's day
E F#
That she walked out alone
B E
That self-same troop of gentlemen
F# B
Come a-riding over the down, down
F#
Come a-riding over the down
[Verse]
B
"Who got the babe with thee, bonny May
E F#
Who got the babe in thy arms?"
B E
For shame, she blushed, and a' she said
F# B F#
Was, "I've a good man of my own, own."
[Verse]
B
"You lie, you lie, you bonny, bonny May
E F#
So loud I hear you lie
B E
Remember the misty murky night
F# B
I lay in the fold with thee, thee
F#
I lay in the fold with thee"
[Verse]
B
Now he's mounted off his berry brown steed
E F#
He's sat the fair May on
B E
"Go call out your kye, father, yourself
F# B
She'll ne'er call them again, again
F#
She'll ne'er call them again."
[Verse]
B
Oh, he's Lord of twenty plough of land
E F#
Twenty plough and three
B E
And he's taken away the bonniest lass
F# B
In all the South country, country
F#
In all the South country
B E F# B F# B
[Verse]
B
Bonny May, a-shepherding has gone
E F#
To call the sheep to the fold
B E
And as she sang, her bonny voice it rang
F# B
Right over the tops of the downs, downs
F#
Right over the tops of the downs
[Verse]
B
There came a troop of gentlemen
E F#
As they were riding by
B E
And one of them has lighted down
F# B
And he's asked of her the way, way
F#
And he's asked of her the way
[Verse]
B
"Ride on, ride on, you rank riders
E F#
Your steeds are stout and strong
B E
For it's out of the fold I will not go
F# B
For fear you do me wrong, wrong
F#
For fear you do me wrong."
[Verse]
B
Now he's taken her by the middle jimp
E F#
And by the green gown sleeve
B E
And there he's had his will of her
F# B
And he's asked of her no leave, leave
F#
And he's asked of her no leave
[Verse]
B
Now he's mounted on his berry brown steed
E F#
He soon o'erta'en his men
B E
And one and all cried out to him
F# B
"Oh, master, you tarried long, long
F#
Oh, master, you tarried long."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, I've ridden East and I've ridden West
E F#
And I've ridden o'er the downs
B E
But the bonniest lass that ever I saw
F# B F#
She was calling her sheep to the fold, fold
[Verse]
B
She's taken the milk-pail on her head
E F#
And she's gone lingering home
B E
And all her father said to her
F# B
Was, "Daughter, you tarried long, long
F#
Oh, daughter, you tarried long."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, woe be to your shepherd, father
E F#
He takes no care of the sheep
B E
For he's builded the fold at the back of the down
F# B
And the fox has frightened me, me
F#
And the fox has frightened me."
[Verse]
B
"Oh, there came a fox to the fold door
E F#
With twinkling eye so bold
B E
And ere he'd taken the lamb that he did
F# B F#
I'd rather he'd taken them all, all."
[Verse]
B
Now twenty weeks were gone and past
E F#
Twenty weeks and three
B E
The lassie began to fret and to frown
F# B
And to long for the twinkling eye, bright eye
F#
And to long for the twinkling eye
[Instrumental]
B E F# B E F# B F#
[Verse]
B
Now it fell on a day, on a bonny summer's day
E F#
That she walked out alone
B E
That self-same troop of gentlemen
F# B
Come a-riding over the down, down
F#
Come a-riding over the down
[Verse]
B
"Who got the babe with thee, bonny May
E F#
Who got the babe in thy arms?"
B E
For shame, she blushed, and a' she said
F# B F#
Was, "I've a good man of my own, own."
[Verse]
B
"You lie, you lie, you bonny, bonny May
E F#
So loud I hear you lie
B E
Remember the misty murky night
F# B
I lay in the fold with thee, thee
F#
I lay in the fold with thee"
[Verse]
B
Now he's mounted off his berry brown steed
E F#
He's sat the fair May on
B E
"Go call out your kye, father, yourself
F# B
She'll ne'er call them again, again
F#
She'll ne'er call them again."
[Verse]
B
Oh, he's Lord of twenty plough of land
E F#
Twenty plough and three
B E
And he's taken away the bonniest lass
F# B
In all the South country, country
F#
In all the South country
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