Maid of Llanwellyn - Kate Rusby

From Kate's "Best Of" album, Ten

Lyrics;
No sheep on the mountain nor boat on the lake
No coin in my coffer to keep me awake
Nor corn in my garner, nor fruit on my tree,
Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.

No sheep on the mountain nor goats,
No horses to offer nor boats,
Only hens I have by me,
they are one, two and three,
Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.

Rich Owen will tell you, with eyes full of scorn,
Threadbare is my coat and my hosen are torn.
Scoff on, my rich Owen,
for faint is thy glee
When the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.

CHORUS

The farmer rides proudly to market and fair
Whilst the clerk at the ale house still claims the great chair,
But of all our proud fellows, oh the proudest I'll be,
When the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.

CHORUS

[Maid of Llanwellyn Lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-maid-of-llanwellyn-lyrics-kate-rusby.html]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Folk
• England
• English
• Britain
• British
• Pure
• Records
• Barnsley
• Yorkshire

[DanPat121]

Possibly Kate's best song ever. The Waterhouse paintings are a wonderful touch.

[RoseMirror]

I love this song! I could never get it though because I could never find it online or in mp3 form. Glad you put it up so I could finally listen to it!

[sidacboilerhouse]

One word for this track.''Magic''.

[peggasorus]

This is great :)

[litoxe2718281828]

aha, this is where Janet's last name comes from.

[irealizedhoubein]

Thank you.

[cimawr]

Lovely singing, but it would be nice if she'd learnt to pronounce "Llanwellyn" correctly before recording the song.

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[aborism]

You pick which songs you'd fall in love with....well, this one's for me.

[galaxiangalaxian1]

That was absolutely beautiful !

[Buttsrgreat]

Why don't more women grow their hair long, I don't mean to tell women what they should do but there is nothing sexier than a woman with long hair and no makeup.

[hippylegs]

Kate Rusby's brilliant, but it would be nice to see Cerys Matthews sing this.