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Thomas The Rhymer
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Steeleye Span
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True Thomas sat on Huntley bank
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And he beheld a lady gay
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A lady that was brisk and bold
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Come riding o'er the ferny brae
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Her skirt was of the grass green silk,
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Her mantle of the velvet fine
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At every lock of her horse's mane
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Hung fifty silver bells and nine
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True Thomas, he pulled off his cap
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And bowed him low down to his knee
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'All hail, thou mighty Queen of Heaven
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Your like on earth I ne'er did see.'
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'No, no Thomas she said
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That name does not belong to me
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I am the queen of fair Elfland
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And I have come to visit thee.'
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'You must go with me Thomas she said,
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True Thomas you must go with me
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And must serve me seven years
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Through well or woe, as chance may be.'
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[Chorus]
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Hark and carp, come along with me,
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Thomas the Rhymer
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Hark and carp, come along with me,
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Thomas the Rhymer
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Hark and carp, come along with me,
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Thomas the Rhymer
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Hark and carp, come along with me,
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Thomas the Rhymer
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She turned about her milk white steed
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And took Thomas up behind
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And aye whenever her bridle rang
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Her steed flew swifter than the wind
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For forty days and forty nights
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They rode through red blood to the knee
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And they saw neither sun nor moon
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But heard the roaring of the sea
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And they rode on and further on
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Further and swifter than the wind
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Until they came to a desert wide
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And living land was left behind
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'Don't you see yon narrow, narrow road
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So thick beset with thorns and briars?
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That is the road to righteousness
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Though after it but few enquire.'
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'Don't you see yon broad, broad road
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That lies across the lily leaven?
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That is the road to wickedness
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Though some call it the road to heaven.'
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'Don't you see yon bonnie, bonnie road
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That lies across the ferny brae?
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That is the road to fair Elfland
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Where you and I this night must go.'
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[Chorus]
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