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King Henry - Steeleye Span

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[00:00.09]Let never a man a wooing wend [00:02.97]...
[00:00.09]Let never a man a wooing wend
[00:02.97]That lacketh things three
[00:04.92]A store of gold and open heart
[00:07.23]And full of charity
[00:09.78]And this was seen of King Henry
[00:12.15]Though he lay quite alone
[00:14.43]For he's taken him to a haunted hall
[00:16.95]Seven miles from the town
[00:23.94]He's chased the deer now him before
[00:26.16]And the doe down by the den
[00:28.35]Till the fattest buck in all the flock
[00:30.75]King Henry he has slain
[00:33.03]His huntsmen followed him to the hall
[00:35.49]To make them burly cheer
[00:37.5]When loud the wind was heard to sound
[00:39.99]And an earthquake rocked the floor
[00:44.43]And darkness covered all the hall
[00:46.92]They Where sat at their meat
[00:49.14]The grey dogs yowling left their food
[00:51.36]And crept to Henry's feet
[00:53.55]And louder howled the rising wind
[00:55.98]And burst the fastened door
[00:58.26]And in there came a grisly ghost
[01:01.08]Stramping on the floor
[01:02.79]Her hit head the roof-tree of the house
[01:05.19]Her middle you could not span
[01:07.38]Each frightened huntsman fled the hall
[01:09.69]And left the king alone
[01:11.94]Her teeth were like the tether stakes
[01:14.28]Her nose like club or mell
[01:16.56]And nothing less she seemed to be
[01:18.75]Than a fiend that comes form hell
[02:37.5]Some meat some meat you King Henry
[02:40.98]Some meat you give to me
[02:43.5]Go kill your horse you King Henry
[02:45.9]And bring him here to me
[02:48.24]'He's gone and slain his berry brown steed
[02:50.58]Though it made his heart full sore
[02:52.89]For she's eaten up both skin and bone
[02:55.32]Left nothing but hide and hair
[02:59.13]More meat more meat you King Henry
[03:02.34]More meat you give to me
[03:04.74]Go Kill your greyhounds King Henry
[03:07.2]And bring them here to me
[03:09.0]And when he's slain his good greyhounds
[03:12.0]It made his heart full sore
[03:14.22]She's eaten them up both skin and bone
[03:16.62]Left nothing but hide and hair
[03:20.34]More meat more meat you King Henry
[03:23.52]More meat you give to me
[03:25.95]Go fell your goshawks King Henry
[03:28.41]And bring them here to me
[03:30.75]And when he's slain his gay goshawks
[03:33.18]It made his heart full sore
[03:35.4]She's eaten them up both skin and bone
[03:37.77]Left nothing but feathers bare
[03:41.25]Some drink some drink now King Henry
[03:44.67]Some drink you give to me
[03:47.07]Oh you sew up your horse's hide
[03:49.62]And bring in a drink to me
[03:51.81]And he's sewed up the bloody hide
[03:54.24]And a pipe of wine put in
[03:56.31]And she's drank it up all in one draught
[03:59.01]Left never a drop therein
[04:32.91]A bed a bed now King Henry
[04:35.07]A bed you'll make for me
[04:37.32]Oh you must pull the heather green
[04:39.48]And make it soft for me
[04:41.61]And pulled has he the heather green
[04:44.01]And made for her a bed
[04:46.26]And taken has he his gay mantle
[04:48.45]And o'er it he has spread
[04:52.86]Take off your clothes now King Henry
[04:55.05]And lie down by my side
[04:57.18]Now swear now swear you King Henry
[04:59.64]To take me for your bride
[05:01.77]Oh God forbid says King Henry
[05:04.23]That ever the like betide
[05:06.39]That ever a fiend that comes from hell
[05:08.67]Should stretch down by my side
[05:11.94]Night When was the gone and the day was come
[05:39.6]And the sun shone through the hall
[05:41.88]The fairest lady that ever was seen
[05:44.04]Lay between him the and wall
[05:46.02]I've met with many a gentle knight
[05:48.24]That gave me such a fill
[05:50.43]But never before with a courteous knight
[05:52.65]That gave me all my will
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