KING'S DAUGHTER JANE



Queen Jane sat at her window one day

A sewing a silken seam

She looked out at the merry green woods

And saw the green nut tree

And saw the green nut tree



She dropped her thimble at her heal

And her needle at her toe

And away she ran to the merry green woods

To gather nuts and so

To gather nuts and so



She scarce had reached the merry green woods

Scarce had pulled nuts two or three

When a proud forester came striding by

Saying, "Fair maid, let those be"

Saying, "Fair maid, let those be"

"Why do you pull the nuts," he said

"And why do you break the tree?

And why do you come to this merry green wood

Without the leave of me?

Without the leave of me?"



"Oh, I will pull the nuts," she said

"And I will break the tree

And I will come to this merry green wood

I'll ask no leave of thee

I'll ask no leave of thee"



He took her by the middle so small

And he gently laid her down

And when he took what he longed for

He raised her from the ground

He raised her from the ground



"Oh woe to you, proud forester

And an ill death may yours be

Since I am the King's youngest daughter," she cried

"You will pay for wronging me

You will pay for wronging me"



"If you're the King's youngest daughter," he said

"Then I'm his eldest son

And woe unto this unhappy hour

And the wrong that I have done

And the wrong that I have done"



"The very first time I came from sea

Jane you were unborn

And I wish my gallant ship had sunk

And I'd been left forlorn

And I'd been left forlorn"



"The very next time I came from sea

You were on your nurse's knee

And the very next time I came from sea

You were in this wood with me

You were in this wood with me"



"I wish I ne'er had seen your face

Or that you had ne'er seen mine

That we ne'er had met in this merry green wood

And this wrong could be undone

And this wrong could be undone"



"I wish to God my babe was born

And on it's nurse's knee

And as for me, I was dead and gone

And the green grass growing over me

And the green grass growing over me"



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Child #52

recorded by Sara Cleveland

note pieces of TAMLIN, Wild Goose Grasses, Bonnie Hind, Sheathe &

Knife, etc

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