Waly Waly
By Martin Simpson (2013)
On album Vagrant Stanzas (2013)
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Oh it's Waly Waly up the bank
And Waly Waly down the brae
And Waly waly on Burnside
Where me and my love used to play
I was a lady of high renown
That lived in the north country
Oh I was a lady of high renown
When Jamie Douglas courted me
As we come in to Glasgow town
Oh it was a comely sight to see
My lord was dressed in velvet green
And I myself in cramoisi
And when my eldest son was born
And laid upon his nurse's knee
Oh I was the happiest woman born
And Jamie Douglas loved me
There come a man unto our house
And Jamie Lockhart was his name
And it was told unto my lord
That I did lie in bed with him
There come another to our house
And he was no good friend to me
He put Jamie's shoes beneath my bed
And he bad my good lord come and see
Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood
An ill death may you die
You were the first and the foremost man
That parted my true love and I
And when my lord come to my room
This great falsehood for to see
Oh he turned him around all with a scowl
And not one word would he say to me
Come up, come up, now Jamie Douglas
Come up the stair and dine with me
I'll set you on a chair of gold
I'll court you kindly on my knee
When cockle shells turn silver bells
And fishes fly from tree to tree
When frost and snow turn fire to burn
It's I'll come up and dine with thee
Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood
An ill death may you die
You were the first and the foremost man
That parted my true love and I
And when my father got the word
That my lord had foresaken me
He sent fifty of his brisk dragoons
To carry me back to my own country
It is not the frost that freezes fell
Nor blowing snows in clemency
'Tis not such cold that makes me cry
But my love's heart's grown cold to me
You think that I am like yourself
And lie with each one that I see
Oh but I do swear by heavens high
That I never loved a man but thee
And had I wissed, when first I kissed
That love had been so ill to win
I'd have locked my heart in a cage of gold
I'd have sealed it with a silver pin
Oh Waly Waly love is bonny
It's like a flower when first it's new
Oh but love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew
And Waly Waly down the brae
And Waly waly on Burnside
Where me and my love used to play
I was a lady of high renown
That lived in the north country
Oh I was a lady of high renown
When Jamie Douglas courted me
As we come in to Glasgow town
Oh it was a comely sight to see
My lord was dressed in velvet green
And I myself in cramoisi
And when my eldest son was born
And laid upon his nurse's knee
Oh I was the happiest woman born
And Jamie Douglas loved me
There come a man unto our house
And Jamie Lockhart was his name
And it was told unto my lord
That I did lie in bed with him
There come another to our house
And he was no good friend to me
He put Jamie's shoes beneath my bed
And he bad my good lord come and see
Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood
An ill death may you die
You were the first and the foremost man
That parted my true love and I
And when my lord come to my room
This great falsehood for to see
Oh he turned him around all with a scowl
And not one word would he say to me
Come up, come up, now Jamie Douglas
Come up the stair and dine with me
I'll set you on a chair of gold
I'll court you kindly on my knee
When cockle shells turn silver bells
And fishes fly from tree to tree
When frost and snow turn fire to burn
It's I'll come up and dine with thee
Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood
An ill death may you die
You were the first and the foremost man
That parted my true love and I
And when my father got the word
That my lord had foresaken me
He sent fifty of his brisk dragoons
To carry me back to my own country
It is not the frost that freezes fell
Nor blowing snows in clemency
'Tis not such cold that makes me cry
But my love's heart's grown cold to me
You think that I am like yourself
And lie with each one that I see
Oh but I do swear by heavens high
That I never loved a man but thee
And had I wissed, when first I kissed
That love had been so ill to win
I'd have locked my heart in a cage of gold
I'd have sealed it with a silver pin
Oh Waly Waly love is bonny
It's like a flower when first it's new
Oh but love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew
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