Tam Lin Lyrics

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I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there
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None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green or else their maiden head
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Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she
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She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two
When up there came young Tam Lin, says -Lady, pull no more-
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"And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me-"
"I'll come and go", young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee-
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Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she
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Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild
"Oh, and alas, Janet,- he said, "I think you go with child-
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"Well, if that be so," Janet said, "myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby's name-
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For if my love were an earthly knight as he is an elfin grey
I'd not change my own true love for any knight you have-
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Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she
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"Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin," she said, "why came you here to dwell--
"The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell
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And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell
I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself
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But tonight is Hallowe'en and the faerie folk ride
Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must hide
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First let past the horses black and then let past the brown
Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down
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For I'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town
For I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown
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Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake
But hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby-s father
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And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold
But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child
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And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight
But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight-
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In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win
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Then up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she
"Woe betide her ill-fought face, an I'll death may she die-
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"Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, "what this night I did see
I have looked him in the eyes and turn him to a tree
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