The Bonny Hind by June Tabor
It's May she comes and May she goes down by the garden
green
It's there she spied a good young squire as good as
e'er be seen
It's May she comes and May she goes down by the Holland
green
And it's there she spied a brisk young squire as brisk
as e'er be seen
"Come give to me your green mantle, give to me your
maidenhead
If you won't give me your green mantle, give me your
maidenhead"
He's ta'en her by the milk-white hand and gently laid
her down
And it's when he raised her up again giving her a
silver comb
"Perhaps there may be bends or perhaps there may be
none
But if you be a courtier pray tell to me your name"
"Oh I am no courtier" he said "but new come from the
sea
Oh I am no courtier" he said "but when I courted thee
They call me Jack when I'm abroad, sometimes they call
me John
But when I'm in my father's bower, oh, Jock Randal is
my name"
"You lie, you lie, you bonny lad, so loud I hear you
lie
For I am Lord Randal's only daughter, he has no more
than me"
"You lie, you lie, you bonny lass, so loud I hear you
lie
For I am Lord Randal's very own son that new come from
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