Willie Of Winsbury
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse]
G D
The king he has been a poor prisoner
Em C
And a prisoner long in Spain
G Bm
While Willie o' Winsbury
Em C
Has lain long with his daughter at home
G D
"What ails you, what ails you, my daughter dear
Em C
Why you look so pale and wan?
G Bm
Oh, have you had any sore sickness
Em C
Or yet been sleeping wi' a man?"
G D
"I have not had any sore sickness
Em C
Nor yet been sleeping wi' a man
G Bm
Twas grieving for you, my father dear
Em C
After biding so long in Spain "
G D
"Well cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown
Em C
Stand naked upon a stone
G Bm
That I may know you by your shape
Em C
Whether you be a maiden or nae "
G D
And she's cast off her berry-brown gown
Em C
Stood naked upon a stone
G Bm
Her haunches were round and her apron was short
Em C
Her face it was pale and wan
G D
"Oh, is he a lord or a duke or a knight
Em C
Or a man of birth and fame
G Bm
Or is he one of my serving men
Em C
That's lately come out of Spain?"
G D
Well the king has called on his merry men all
Em C
His merry men thirty and three
G Bm
Saying, "Bring me Willie o' Winsbury
Em C
For hanged he shall be "
G D
But when he came the king before
Em C
He was clad all in the red silk
G Bm
His hair it was like the strands of gold
Em C
His skin it was white as milk
G D
oooooooooooooooooooh
Em C
oooooooooooooooooooh
G Bm
oooooooooooooooooooh
Em C
oooooooooooooooooooh
G D
"Well, it is nae wonder," says the king
Em C
"that my daughter's love you did win
G Bm
For if I were a woman
Em C
My bedfellow you would have been "
G D
"And will you marry my daughter
Em C
By the truth of your right hand?
G Bm
And I will marry your daughter
Em C
But I won't be a lord of the land "
G D
So he's mounted her on a milk-white steed
Em C
And himself on a dapple grey
G Bm
And he's made her a lady of as much land
Em C
As they could ride in a long summer's day
How to play Willie Of Winsbury
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