The Outlandish Knight
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Lady Margaret she sits in her bower sewing
Ma-ba and the lilly ba
When she saw the knight with his horn a-blowing
On the very first morning of May
Oh I wish that I had that horn I hear blowing
Ma-ba and the lilly ba
And that young knight to sleep here on my breast
On the very first morning of May.
Now the lady she had these words scarce spoke
Ma-ba and a lilly ba
When in at her window the knight come a jumping
On the very first morning of May
Oh strange it is, oh strange young woman
Ma-ba and the lilly ba
I can scarce blow my horn since I hear you a-calling
On the very first morning of May
Go fetch you gold from your fathers table
Deliver it unto me
And the fastest horses in your fathers stable
Where there sat thirty and three
So hes mounted him on the black black horse
And shes rode the dapple grey
And they rode til they came to the broad sea-shore
Just three hours before it was day
Lie down, lie down off your horse he says
And deliver it up to me
For its six pretty maids I have drowned here
And the seventh one you shall be
Take off, take off all your clothes he said
And deliver them unto me
For they are far too fine and costly robes
For to rot in the salt of the sea
Lie down, lie down off your horse she said
And turn your back unto me
For its not fitting that any gentleman
A naked lady should see
So hes lighted him down off his horse so high
And hes turned onto she
And shes catched around the middle so small
And shes tumbled him all down in the sea
Sometimes he sank, sometimes he swam
And its ma-ba and the lilly ba
Oh help, oh help me pretty mistress
Or drowned I shall be
Lie there lie there oh you false young man
Lie there instead of me
For its six pretty maids you have drowned there
And the seventh one has drowned thee
So shes mounted her on the black black horse
And shes led the dapple grey
And she rode til she came to her fathers house
An hour before it was day
A parrot sitting up at her window side
Its ma-ba and the lilly ba
Oh where have you been my pretty mistress
An hour before it is day
Dont you prattle dont you prattle my pretty polly
Dont you tell the tales on me
And your cage shall be made of the best glittering gold
And your perch of the best ivory
But her father sitting up at his window side
On hearing the parrot he did say
Oh what is the matter my pretty polly
That you cry so long before day?
Oh there come a cat to my window side
And its ma-ba and the lilly ba
And I was calling my pretty mistress
Just to frighten that pussy cat away
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Readable chord sheet for The Outlandish Knight by Bellowhead
L[C]ady Margare[Dm]t she sits in [C]her bower sew[Dm]ing Ma-[F]ba and the lil[G7]ly b[C]a When [F]she saw the kn[G7]ight with his ho[C]rn a-blow[Am]ing On th[Dm]e very firs[C]t morning of M[Dm]ay Oh I[C] wish that [Dm]I had that hor[C]n I hear blow[Dm]ing Ma-[F]ba and the lil[G7]ly b[C]a And [F]that young kn[G7]ight to sle[C]ep here on my br[Am]east On t[Dm]he very firs[C]t morning of [Dm]May. Now t[C]he lady she[Dm] had these wor[C]ds scarce spo[Dm]ke Ma-[F]ba and a lil[G7]ly b[C]a When [F]in at her wind[G7]ow the knight co[C]me a jump[Am]ing On t[Dm]he very fir[C]st morning of M[Dm]ay Oh s[C]trange it [Dm]is, oh stra[C]nge young w[Dm]oman Ma-[F]ba and the li[G7]lly [C]ba I ca[F]n scarce blow my [G7]horn since I hear yo[C]u a-calli[Am]ng On the[Dm] very first m[C]orning of M[Dm]ay Go fet[C]ch you go[Dm]ld from you[C]r fathers ta[Dm]ble Deliv[F]er it un[G7]to m[C]e And [F]the fastest ho[G7]rses in your fa[C]thers st[Am]able Whe[Dm]re there sat[C] thirty and t[Dm]hree So [C]hes mounte[Dm]d him on the b[C]lack black ho[Dm]rse And [F]shes rode the dap[G7]ple [C]grey And [F]they rode ti[G7]l they came to the br[C]oad sea-s[Am]hore Just[Dm] three hours[C] before it was[Dm] day Lie [C]down, lie d[Dm]own off yo[C]ur horse he s[Dm]ays And d[F]eliver it up [G7]to m[C]e For [F]its six p[G7]retty maids I have[C] drowned [Am]here And[Dm] the seventh[C] one you shall[Dm] be Take[C] off, take [Dm]off all you[C]r clothes he [Dm]said And[F] deliver them u[G7]nto [C]me [F]For they a[G7]re far too fine and [C]costly ro[Am]bes For[Dm] to rot in th[C]e salt of the[Dm] sea Lie [C]down, lie[Dm] down off you[C]r horse she s[Dm]aid And t[F]urn your back u[G7]nto [C]me [F]For its no[G7]t fitting tha[C]t any gen[Am]tleman [Dm]A naked l[C]ady should [Dm]see So h[C]es lighted[Dm] him down off h[C]is horse so h[Dm]igh And [F]hes turned on[G7]to s[C]he And [F]shes catched a[G7]round the middl[C]e so sma[Am]ll [Dm]And shes tumbled [C]him all down in the [Dm]sea Some[C]times he[Dm] sank, som[C]etimes he s[Dm]wam And i[F]ts ma-ba and the li[G7]lly [C]ba [F]Oh help, oh h[G7]elp me pret[C]ty mistre[Am]ss [Dm]Or drowned[C] I shall[Dm] be Lie [C]there lie t[Dm]here oh you[C] false young [Dm]man Lie [F]there instead [G7]of m[C]e For i[F]ts six pretty m[G7]aids you ha[C]ve drowned t[Am]here And [Dm]the seventh on[C]e has drowned t[Dm]hee So she[C]s mounted [Dm]her on the b[C]lack black ho[Dm]rse And [F]shes led the dap[G7]ple [C]grey And s[F]he rode til s[G7]he came to her[C] fathers ho[Am]use An [Dm]hour befor[C]e it was d[Dm]ay A p[C]arrot sitti[Dm]ng up at her[C] window s[Dm]ide Its[F] ma-ba and the lil[G7]ly b[C]a Oh wh[F]ere have yo[G7]u been my [C]pretty mistr[Am]ess A[Dm]n hour befor[C]e it is [Dm]day Don[C]t you prattle[Dm] dont you prattle m[C]y pretty [Dm]polly Don[F]t you tell the tales [G7]on m[C]e And yo[F]ur cage shall b[G7]e made of the best[C] glittering [Am]gold [Dm]And your perc[C]h of the best [Dm]ivory But[C] her father si[Dm]tting up at hi[C]s window [Dm]side On h[F]earing the parrot he [G7]did [C]say Oh[F] what is th[G7]e matter my[C] pretty po[Am]lly [Dm]That you cry [C]so long before d[Dm]ay? Oh[C] there com[Dm]e a cat to m[C]y window [Dm]side And [F]its ma-ba and the li[G7]lly [C]ba An[F]d I was cal[G7]ling my [C]pretty mistr[Am]ess [Dm]Just to frighten that [C]pussy cat a[Dm]way