The Death of Queen Jane

"The Death of Queen Jane" - traditional British Isles folk song arranged by Ed Flower, performed by Mark and Beverly Davis, Monasterio San Bergondo, Festival "Ciudad de Cristal,' Galicia, Spain. October 4, 2008.

QUEEN JANE was in labour full six weeks and more, And the women were weary, and fain would give oer:
O women, O women, as women ye be, Rip open my two sides, and save my baby!
O royal Queen Jane, that thing may not be; Well send for King Henry to come unto thee.
King Henry came to her, and sate on her bed: What ails my dear lady, her eyes look so red?
O royal King Henry, do one thing for me: Rip open my two sides, and save my baby!
O royal Queen Jane, that thing will not do; If I lose your fair body, Ill lose your baby too.
She wept and she waild, and she wrung her hands sore; O the flower of England must flourish no more!
She wept and she wailed till she fell in a swoond, They opened her two sides, and the baby was found.
The baby was christened with joy and much mirth, Whilst poor Queen Janes body lay cold under earth:
There was ringing and singing and mourning all day, The princess Eliz[abeth] went weeping away.
The trumpets in mourning so sadly did sound, And the pikes and the muskets did trail on the ground.

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Music

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• Mark
• Davis
• Beverly
• classical
• guitar
• duet
• Ed
• Flower
• Jane
• Death
• of
• Queen
• British
• Isles

[capellaaquisgrana]

I like the sensitivity and the sound of your playing. The composition is very good too.

Greetings from Good Old Europe...

[markmdavis]

@capellaaquisgrana Thank you. It was good to see you recently in "Good Olde Europe"!

[JosephEaorle]

I don't hear the Death of Queen Jane in this...sorry. It sounds good though.

[markmdavis]

Well, I don't want to appear too 'programmatic' about this,but something VERY dramatic happens at 3:00 and following. As the verse goes: She wept and she wailed till she fell in a swoond, They opened her two sides, and the baby was found.

The baby was christened with joy and much mirth, Whilst poor Queen Janes body lay cold under earth:

[chelpydog]

AMAZINGLY SUBLIME!!!!!!! Thank you for uploading!!! Peace :)

[markmdavis]

Thank you, chelpydog and scragger07 for your comments. We will try to post more of our pieces soon.

[tony7043]

Hi Mark,it`s been a long time since I heard you,alot of time has passed,you sound as good as ever.At the time you had a mandolin & guitar ensemble,and toured Spain,among other places,my son Joe was part of the group,he learned alot from you,and always admired you. Great to see that you are in the Big band jump,you guys sound great.Just wanted to say hi !!

Regards,Tony

[chelpydog]

AWESOME!!!!! Thank you,scragger07 for sending this my way.You sure do have a knack for finding some beauties on youtube! Cheers :)

[scragger07]

Wow!!! Great arrangement and a fabulous sound that you achieve in that monastry. More -please!

[markmdavis]

That is so good to hear.  Thank you.