Tono: D
D
C
A lady walked in yon wild wood,
G
D
Beneath the holly tree,
D
C
It was there she saw two bonnie bairns,
G
D
There running at her knee.
D
C
And the first she pulled a red, red rose,
G
D
With hands as soft as silk,
D
C
And the next she pulled a lily pale,
G
D
With hands more white than milk.
D
C
Why do you pull the red, red rose,
G
D
And why the lily white?â?
D
C
We need them at the seat of grace,
G
D
For the soul of thee tonight.â?
D
C
Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns,
G
D
Ill dress you rich and fine,
D
C
And for all the blackbirds in the woods,
G
D
Youll eat white bread and wine."
D
C
The stars were shooting to and fro,
G
D
But the thorns she did abhor,
D
C
As the lady followed the bonnie bairns,
G
D
For three long hours and more.
D
C
Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns,
G
D
Im woe and weary grownâ?,
D
C
We live where woe it never comes,
G
D
In a land to flesh unknown.â?
D
C
They came unto a tree of beech,
G
D
Two names carved in the bark,
D
C
Do you see your name carved here lady,
G
D
The other lies in the dark.â?
D
C
And she wept in vain and she wept full sore,
G
D
For her love laid in the ground,
D
C
And she wept until the stars gave way,
G
D
Til the dawn it brought no sound.