Willies Lady

[Intro ] |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} F {Bb}| |{F} Gm {Dm}|{Eb} F {Gm}|{F} Bb F |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}| [Verso 1] Gm Cm King William, he sailed over the raging foam Eb F Gm He found a wife and he brought her home Gm Cm He's wooed her for her long and golden hair Eb F Gm His mother wrought her a mighty care Gm F Bb A weary spell she's laid on her F Gm Dm She'd be with child for long and many the year Eb F Gm But a child she would never bear Gm F Bb And in her bower she lies in pain F Gm Dm King William at her bedhead he do stand Eb F Gm As down his cheeks salten tears do run Interlude |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} F {Bb}| |{F} Gm {Dm}|{Eb} F {Gm}|{F} Bb F |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}| [Verso 2] Gm Cm King William back to his mother he has run Eb F Gm He's gone there as a begging son Gm Cm Says, "My true love has this fine noble steed Eb F Gm The like of which you ne'er did see Gm F Bb "At every part of this horse's mane F Gm Dm There's hanging fifty silver bells and ten Eb F Gm There's hanging fifty bells and ten Gm F Bb "This godly gift shall be your own F Gm Dm If back to me own true love you'll turn again Eb F Gm That she might bear her a baby son" [Verso 3] Gm Cm "O the child shall never lighter be Eb F Gm Nor from sickness will she e'er be free Gm Cm "But she will die and she will turn to clay Eb F Gm And you will wed you another maid" Gm F Bb So sighing says this weary man F Gm Dm As back to his own true love he's gone again Eb F Gm "I wish my life it was at an end" Gm F Bb Then up and spoke his noble queen F Gm Dm And she has told King William of a plan Eb F Gm That she might bear her a baby son Interlude |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} F {Bb}| |{F} Gm {Dm}|{Eb} F {Gm}|{F} Bb F |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}| [Verso 4] Gm Cm She says, "You must go get you down to the market place Eb F Gm And you must buy you a loaf of wax Gm Cm And you must shape it as a babe that is to nurse Eb F Gm And you must make two eyes of glass Gm F Bb Then ask your mother to the christening day F Gm Dm And you must stand there close as you can be Eb F Gm That you might hear what she do say" [Verso 5] Gm Cm So William's taken him down to the marketplace Eb F Gm And he has bought him a loaf of wax Gm Cm And he has shaped it as a babe that is to nurse Eb F Gm And he has made two eyes of glass Gm F Bb He's asked his mother to the christening day F Gm Dm And he has stood as close as he could be Eb F Gm That he might hear what she do say Gm F Bb How she spoke and how she swore F Gm Dm She spied the babe where none could be before Eb F Gm She spied the babe where none could be before Interlude |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} F {Bb}| |{F} Gm {Dm}|{Eb} F {Gm}|{F} Bb F |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}| [Ponte] G5 Says, "Who was it who took out the nine witch knots Braided in amongst this lady's locks? "And who was it who took out the combs of care Braided in amongst this lady's hair? G5 "And who was it slew the master kid That ran and slept all beneath this lady's bed That ran and slept all beneath her bed? G5 "And who was it unlaced her left shoe And who was it that let her lighter be That she might bear her a baby son?" [Verso 6] Gm Cm Oh it was William who undid the nine witch knots Eb F Gm Braided in amongst this lady's locks Gm Cm And it was William who took out the combs of care Eb F G Braided in amongst this lady's hair Gm F Bb And it was William the master kid did slay F Gm Dm And it was William who undid her left foot shoe Eb F Gm That it might let her lighter be Gm F Bb And she has bore her a baby son F Gm Dm And greater the blessings that be them upon Eb F Gm And greater the blessings them upon Outro |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|{Gm} F {Bb}| |{F} Gm {Dm}|{Eb} F {Gm}|{F} Bb F |{Gm} Cm |{Eb} F {Gm}|