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]
D A D A
[Verse]
D
Sweet William arose on a May morning
G
And he dressed himself in blue
D Bm G
We want you to tell of that long love that's been
D G
Between Lady Margaret and you
[Verse]
D
"Oh, I know nothing of Lady Margaret's love
G
And I know she don't love me
D Bm G
Before tomorrow morning at eight of the clock
D G
Lady Margaret a bride shall see"
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret was a-sitting in her own bower room
G
Combing back her yellow hair
D Bm G
And she saw Sweet William and his new wedded bride
D G
And the lawyers a-riding by
[Verse]
D
It's down she stood her ivory comb
G
And back she threw her hair
D Bm G
And it's you may suppose and be very well assured
D G
Lady Margaret was heard no more
[Verse]
D
The day being past and the night coming on
G
When most all men were asleep
D Bm G
Something appeared to Sweet William and his bride
D G
And stood at their bed feet
[Verse]
D
Saying, "How do you like your bed making
G
And how do you like your sheets?
D Bm G
And how do you like that new wedded bride
D G
That lies in your arms and sleeps?"
[Verse]
D
"Very well do I like my bed making
G
Much better do I like my sheets
D Bm G
But best of all is that gay lady
D G
That stands at my bed feet"
[Verse]
D
The night being past and the day coming on
G
When most all men were awake
D Bm G
Sweet William he said he was troubled in his head
D G
By the dreams that he dreamed last night
[Verse]
D
"Such dreams, such dreams cannot be true
G
I'm afraid they're of no good
D Bm G
I dreamed that my chamber was full of wild swine
D G
And my bride's bed floating in blood"
[Verse]
D
He's called down his waiting men
G
One by two by three
D Bm G
Saying, "Go and ask leave of my new wedded bride
D G
If Lady Margaret I mayn't go and see"
[Verse]
D
He's rode up to Lady Margaret's own bower room
G
And tingled all on the ring
D Bm G
And who was so ready as her own born brother
D G
To rise and let him in
[Verse]
D
"Is Lady Margaret in her own bower room
G
Or is she in her hall?
D Bm G
Or is she high in her chambery
D G
Amongst the ladies all?"
[Verse]
D
"Lady Margaret's not in her own bower room
G
Nor neither is she in her hall
D Bm G
She is in her long cold coffin
D G
Lies pale against yon wall"
[Verse]
D
"Unroll, unroll those winding sheets
G
Although they're very fine
D Bm G
And let me kiss them cold pale lips
D G
Just as often as they've kissed mine"
[Verse]
D
It's first he's kissed her ivory cheeks
G
And then he's kissed her chin
D Bm G
And when he kissed them cold pale lips
D G
There was no breath within
[Verse]
D
Three times he's kissed her ivory cheeks
G
Three times he's kissed her chin
D Bm G
And the last time he kissed them cold pale lips
D G
It crushed his heart within
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret died like it might be today
G
Sweet William he died on tomorrow
D Bm G
Lady Margaret she died for pure true love
D G
Sweet William he died for sorrow
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret was buried in yon churchyard
G
Sweet William was buried by her
D Bm G
And out of her grave sprung a red, red rose
D G
Out of his a green, green briar
[Verse]
D
And they both growed up the old church wall
G
Till they could not grow any higher
D Bm G
And they met and they tied in a true love's knot
D G
Red rose around green briar
D A D A
[Verse]
D
Sweet William arose on a May morning
G
And he dressed himself in blue
D Bm G
We want you to tell of that long love that's been
D G
Between Lady Margaret and you
[Verse]
D
"Oh, I know nothing of Lady Margaret's love
G
And I know she don't love me
D Bm G
Before tomorrow morning at eight of the clock
D G
Lady Margaret a bride shall see"
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret was a-sitting in her own bower room
G
Combing back her yellow hair
D Bm G
And she saw Sweet William and his new wedded bride
D G
And the lawyers a-riding by
[Verse]
D
It's down she stood her ivory comb
G
And back she threw her hair
D Bm G
And it's you may suppose and be very well assured
D G
Lady Margaret was heard no more
[Verse]
D
The day being past and the night coming on
G
When most all men were asleep
D Bm G
Something appeared to Sweet William and his bride
D G
And stood at their bed feet
[Verse]
D
Saying, "How do you like your bed making
G
And how do you like your sheets?
D Bm G
And how do you like that new wedded bride
D G
That lies in your arms and sleeps?"
[Verse]
D
"Very well do I like my bed making
G
Much better do I like my sheets
D Bm G
But best of all is that gay lady
D G
That stands at my bed feet"
[Verse]
D
The night being past and the day coming on
G
When most all men were awake
D Bm G
Sweet William he said he was troubled in his head
D G
By the dreams that he dreamed last night
[Verse]
D
"Such dreams, such dreams cannot be true
G
I'm afraid they're of no good
D Bm G
I dreamed that my chamber was full of wild swine
D G
And my bride's bed floating in blood"
[Verse]
D
He's called down his waiting men
G
One by two by three
D Bm G
Saying, "Go and ask leave of my new wedded bride
D G
If Lady Margaret I mayn't go and see"
[Verse]
D
He's rode up to Lady Margaret's own bower room
G
And tingled all on the ring
D Bm G
And who was so ready as her own born brother
D G
To rise and let him in
[Verse]
D
"Is Lady Margaret in her own bower room
G
Or is she in her hall?
D Bm G
Or is she high in her chambery
D G
Amongst the ladies all?"
[Verse]
D
"Lady Margaret's not in her own bower room
G
Nor neither is she in her hall
D Bm G
She is in her long cold coffin
D G
Lies pale against yon wall"
[Verse]
D
"Unroll, unroll those winding sheets
G
Although they're very fine
D Bm G
And let me kiss them cold pale lips
D G
Just as often as they've kissed mine"
[Verse]
D
It's first he's kissed her ivory cheeks
G
And then he's kissed her chin
D Bm G
And when he kissed them cold pale lips
D G
There was no breath within
[Verse]
D
Three times he's kissed her ivory cheeks
G
Three times he's kissed her chin
D Bm G
And the last time he kissed them cold pale lips
D G
It crushed his heart within
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret died like it might be today
G
Sweet William he died on tomorrow
D Bm G
Lady Margaret she died for pure true love
D G
Sweet William he died for sorrow
[Verse]
D
Lady Margaret was buried in yon churchyard
G
Sweet William was buried by her
D Bm G
And out of her grave sprung a red, red rose
D G
Out of his a green, green briar
[Verse]
D
And they both growed up the old church wall
G
Till they could not grow any higher
D Bm G
And they met and they tied in a true love's knot
D G
Red rose around green briar
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