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Lyrics:
refrain:
I forbid ye maidens all
who let fly your lovely hair
to ...
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Lyrics:
refrain:
I forbid ye maidens all
who let fly your lovely hair
to go down to Carterhaugh
for young Tam Lin is there
Janet tied her kirtle green
above her knee and not below
and she's gone to carterhaugh
just as fast as she can go
She's come to the roses growing wild
she's pulled a single one
when a wild young man appears
and cries 'O, lady, let alone!
'How dare you pull my roses out,
How dare you break my tree
How dare you run in these green woods
Without asking leave of me?'
Says Janet fair 'this wood's my own
My father gave it me
And I can pluck myself a rose
Without asking leave of thee.'
Bold as brass, he takes her hand
and color rises to her skin
She looks the young man in the eye
and knows him now for young Tam Lin.
**refrain**
Janet holds her petticoats
well above her dirty knee
and she's gone to her father's hall
just as fast as she can hie.
All the ladies of the court
at their play turn red as rose
except for Janet, fainting fast,
green as growing grass she goes
Out then speaks her father dear,
doting, caring, meek and mild.
'Janet, darling daughter mine,
I fear you go with child.'
'Father, if I be with child,
be sure myself shall bear the blame.
There's not a knight within your hall
shall get the baby's name.
Father, if I be with child,
'twill prove a wondrous birth
for well I swear it's not the get
of any mortal man on earth.'
**refrain**
Janet's tied her kirtle green
When near nine months are gone
And she's away to Carterhaugh,
To speak with young Tam Lin.
But young Tam Lin will not be found
and Janet's in despair
to the forest floor she falls
and swift her lover catches her
Janet asks 'Tam Lin, my love,
why is it in these woods you hide?'
'The queen of faeries stole me hence,
alas, when I was but a child.
'My lordly sire was a skillful man
and hunting he loved well
but I was prey for the faerie Queen
when from my horse I fell.
'Ever since, in yon green hill,
with the Queen I'm bound to dwell
I'd never tire of living there
for Faerie does me well
'But at the end of seven years,
the queen doth pay a tithe to hell
I am so fair and full of flesh,
I fear 'twill be myself.'
**refrain**
Tonight's the night of Halloween,
and the fairy court will ride;
And she that would her true love win
at Miles Cross must bide.
'But how shall I thee ken, Tam-lin?
Or how shall I thee know?
Amang a troupe of faerie knights,
The like I never saw?'
'First let pass the horses black
then let pass the brown
Run ye to the milk white steed
and pull that rider down.
'They will change me in your arms
into a deadly adder
but hold me fast and fear me not
I am the baby's father
'They will change me in your arms
into a bear or lion bold
but hold me fast and fear me not
I am the father of your child
'At last they'll change me in your arms
into a naked knight.
Then cast your mantle over me
and keep me out of sight.'
**refrain**
Gloomy, gloomy, was the night,
And eery was the way,
As Janet in her mantle green
To Miles Cross did hie.
The heavens dressed in baleful black
and all was silent as the grave,
But Janet waited in the dark
Her own true love to save.
Betwixt the hour of twelve and one,
the north wind blew and tore and rent
she heard the elfin bridles ring
upon the wind where e'er it went
Janet stood, with mind unmoved,
The gloomy heath upon,
And louder, louder rang the bells,
As the fairy court came riding on.
And first rode by the night black steeds
and then went by the brown;
then up she ran to the charger pale
and pulled her lover down.
They changed him in her arms to all
the beasts and flames and hateful things,
but she did all that her lover bade
and young Tam Lin she won.
Up then spoke the Faery Queen
An angry queen was she.
'Woe betide the wretch who's ta'en
the best knight of Our company.
'Had I but known, Tam-Lin, she said
What defeat this night I'd see
I'd've stolen both thine eyes
and changed thee fast into a tree.
'Had I but known, Tam-lin, she said
before we left this night to roam,
I'd've et thy heart of flesh
and left thee with a heart of stone!'
**refrain**
Janet tied her kirtle green
above her knee and not below
and she's off to Carterhaugh
as fast as love can go.
Credit goes to the following:
Released 01 August 2009
Songs and/or arrangement and this recording Copyright S. J. Tucker; all rights reserved.
Track mixed by Ginger Doss at Eagle Audio, Austin TX and by Alexander James Adams at PhantaSea Studios, Banks
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As much as I'd love to claim it, this is NOT MINE.
Copyright belongs to t...
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As much as I'd love to claim it, this is NOT MINE.
Copyright belongs to the incredible Heather Alexander.
I just want to share this amazing music so others can listen to it too.
Lyrics:
One dark and stormy night,
a fledgling fell from flight,
into a falconer's arms-
Though dead it seemed to be,
the falconer could not see,
any wound to cause such harms-
The falconer bound it 'round,
and laid it on the ground,
then went and built a funeral pyre-
With the bandaged bird within,
soon the flames began to spin,
tangle up and then grow higher-
From there a phoenix bold,
rose up of flame and gold,
twisting about within the air-
Still bound it hung above,
and sang of pain and love,
of magic power both dark and fair-
CHORUS:
I am life's flame!
Respect my name!
My fire is red my heart is gold-
Thy dreams can be!
Believe in me!
If you but let my wings unfold!
Up spoke the falconer's fear,
"There may be danger here,
I cannot let this raptor free-
It's words I cannot trust,
it burns with power's lust,
and so in turn it could burn me-"
The falconer then moved fast,
and iron shackles cast,
thus catching up the bird in chain-
"Thy fear has boded ill,
and bound me 'gainst my will,
now I must die and rise again-"
The phoenix burned so bright,
it burst upon the night,
it's golden breast did flame and flare-
One flash of fire and then,
came stormy night again,
and found the falconer holding air!
The magic never dies,
in children's hearts it lies,
pray let them learn from times before-
From dragon's flame and ire,
can come forth phoenix fire,
and we will hear the song once more-
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