LADY DIAMOND



There was a king, a glorious king, a king of noble fame

And he had daughters only one, Lady Diamond was her name



He had a boy, a kitchen boy, a boy of muckle scorn

She loved him long, she loved him aye, til the grass o'ergrew the

corn



When twenty weeks were gone and past, oh, she began to greet

For her petticoat grew short before and her stays they would not

meet



It fell upon a winter's night, the king could get no rest

He came unto his daughter dear, just like a wandering ghost



He came unto his daughter dear, pulled back the curtains long

What aileth thee, my daughter dear, I fear you have gotten wrong



Oh, if I have, despise me not, for he is all my joy

I will forsake both dukes and earls and marry your kitchen boy



Oh, bring to me my merry men all by thirty and by three

Oh bring to me my kitchen boy, we'll murder him secretly



There was not a sound into the hall and ne'er a word was said

until they had him safe and sure between two featherbeds



Cut the heart from out of his breast, put it in a cup of gold

And present it to his Diamond dear, for she was both stout and

bold



They Cut the heart from out of his breast, put it in a cup of gold

And presented it to his Diamond dear, for she was both stout and

bold



Oh, come to me, my hinny, my heart, oh, come to me my joy

Oh, come to me, my hinny, my heart, my father's kitchen boy



She took the cup from out of their hands and set it at her bed

head

She washed it with tears that fell from her eyes and next morning

she was dead



Oh, where were you, my merry men all, when I gave meat and wage

That you didn't stay my cruel hand when I was in a rage?



For gone is all my heart's delight, oh, gone is all my joy

For my dear Diamond, she is dead, likewise my kitchen boy



Child #269

@love @baby @murder @bastard

recorded by Jean Redpath on Philo

Frankie Armstrong on Lovely on Water

and MacColl & Seeger Blood Red Roses II

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