Death and the Lady

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X:3960
T:Death and the Lady
S:Digital Tradition, deathldy
B:Printed in the Penguin book of English folksongs
Z:dt:deathldy
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=100
W:As I walked out one morning in May
W:The birds did sing and the lambs did play
W:The birds did sing and the lambs did play
W:I met an old man, I met an old man
W:I met an old man by the way
W:
W:His head was bald, his beard was grey
W:His coat was of a myrtle shade
W:I asked him what strange countryman
W:Or what strange place, or what strange place
W:Or what strange place he did belong
W:
W:"My name is Death, cannot you see
W:Lords, dukes, and ladies bow down to me
W:And you are one of those branches three
W:And you fair maid, and you fair maid,
W:And you fair maid must come with me"
W:
W:"I'll give you gold and jewels rare
W:I'll give you costly robes to wear
W:I'll give you all my wealth in store
W:If you'll let me live, if you'll let me live
W:If you'll let me live a few years more"
W:
W:"Fair lady, lay your robes aside
W:No longer glory in your pride
W:And now, sweet maid, make no delay
W:Your time is come, your time is come
W:Your time is come and you must away"
W:
W:And not long after this fair maid died
W:"Write on my tomb," the lady cried,
W:"Here lies a poor distressed maid
W:Whom Death now lately, whom Death now lately
W:Whom Death now lately hath betrayed"
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A2B2c2|d2-c2 B2|A2G2B2|A4 B-c|\
d2 c-B B2 |A2 B2G2| A2 F4 |
A2 D2 C2|B,2 B4|B2 B4|G2E2 D2|C6-|\
C3ABc| d2-A2-B2|G2 F2E2|D6||

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