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Stan Rogers
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Lady Margaret
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Sweet William rose one morning bright
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And dressed himself in blue
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"Come tell to me the long lost love
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Between Lady Margaret and you"
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"I know no harm of Lady Margaret," said he
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"And I hope she knows none of me
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But tomorrow morning before eight o'clock
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Lady Margaret my bride shall be"
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As Lady Margaret was in her chamber high
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A-combing up her hair
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She spied sweet William and his bride
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As they to the church drew near
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She threw down her ivory comb
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And tossed back her hair
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And from the room a fair lady came
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That was seen in there no more
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The day being gone and the night being come
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When most men were asleep
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Sweet William spied Lady Margaret's ghost
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A-standing at his bed feet
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"How do you like your bed?" she said
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"And how do you like your sheet?
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And how do you like the fair lady
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That lies in your arms asleep? "
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"Very well do I like my bed," said he
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"Very well do I like my sheet
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But better do I like the fair lady
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That is standing at my bed feet"
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The night being gone and the day being come
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When most men were awake
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Sweet William said he was troubled in his head
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From a dream he had last night
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He called his weary waiting maids
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By one, by two, by three
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And last of all, with his bride's consent
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Lady Margaret he went to see
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He went unto the parlor door
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He knocked until he made things ring
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But none was so ready as her own dear brother
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To arise and let him in
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"Is Lady Margaret in the parlor?" said he
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"Or is she in the hall
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Or is she in her chamber high
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Among the g** ladies all? "
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"Lady Margaret is not in the parlor," said he
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"She is neither in the hall
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She is in her coffin
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And a-lying by the wall"
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"Tear down, tear down, those milk white sheets
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They are made of silk so fine
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That I may kiss Lady Margaret's cheek
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For ofttimes she has kissed mine"
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The first that he kissed was her rosy cheek
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The next was her dimpled chin
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The last of all was her clay-cold lips
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That pierced his heart within
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"Tear down, tear down those milk white sheets
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They are made of silk so fine
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Today they hang around Lady Margaret's corpse
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And tomorrow they will hang around mine"
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Lady Margaret died of pure, pure love
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Sweet William died of sorrow
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They are buried in one burying ground
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Both side and side together
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Out of her grave grew a red rose
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And out of his a briar
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They grew in a twining true lover's knot
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The rose and the green briar
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Child #74
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Printed in Folksongs of the South by Cox
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Versions recorded by Hedy West, Buffy Ste. Marie, Sally Rogers
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Filename[ ladymarg
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