Tam Lin Child 39

Dm
Janet sits in her lonely room
F
Sewing a silken seam
C
And looking out on Carterhaugh
Bb        Am      (D)
Among the roses green

Dm
And Janet sits in her lonely bower
F
Sewing a silken thread
C
And longed to be in Carterhaugh
Bb        Am      (D)
Among the roses red

D
She’s let the seam fall at her heel
F
The needle to her toe
F
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
Bb        Am      (D)
As fast as she can go

D
She hadn’t pulled a rose, a rose
F
A rose, but only one
C
When then appeared him, young Tamlin
Bb        Am      (D)
Says, “Lady, let alone”

D
“What makes you pull the rose, the 
rose?
F
What makes you break the tree?
C
What makes you come to Carterhaugh
Bb        Am      (D)
Without the leave of me?”

D
“But Carterhaugh is not your own
F
Roses there are many
C
I’ll come and go all as I please
Bb        Am      (D)
And not ask leave of any”

D
And he has took her by the hand
F
Took her by the sleeve
C
And he has laid this lady down
Bb        Am      (D)
Among the roses green

D
And he has took her by the arm
F
Took her by the hem
C
And he has laid this lady down
Bb        Am      (D)
Among the roses red

D
There’s four and twenty ladies fair
F
Sewing at the silk
F
And Janet goes among them all
Bb        Am      (D)
Her face as pale as milk

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D
And four and twenty gentlemen
F
Playing at the chess
C
And Janet goes among them all
Bb        Am      (D)
As green as any glass

D
Then up and spoke her father
F
He’s spoken meek and mild
C
“Oh, alas, my daughter
Bb        Am      (D)
I fear you go with child”

D
“And is it to a man of might
F
Or to a man of means
C
Or who among my gentlemen
Bb        Am      (D)
Shall give the babe his name?”

D
“Oh, father, if I go with child
F
This much to you I’ll tell
C
There’s none among your gentlemen
Bb        Am      (D)
That I would treat so well”

D
“And, father, if I go with child
F
I must bear the blame
C
There’s none among your gentlemen
Bb        Am      (D)
Shall give the babe his name”

D
She’s let the seam fall at her hell
F
The needle to her toe
C
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
Bb        Am      (D)
As fast as she could go

D
And she is down among the weeds
F
Down among the thorn
C
When then appeared Tamlin again
Bb        Am      (D)
Says, “Lady, pull no more”

D
“What makes you pull the poison 
rose?
F
What makes you break the tree?
C
What makes you harm the little babe
Bb        Am      (D)
That I have got with thee?”

D
“Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
F
I will break the tree
C
But I’ll not bear the little babe
Bb        Am      (D)
That you have got with me”

D
“If he were to a gentleman
F
And not a wild shade
C
I’d rock him all the winter’s night
Bb        Am      (D)
And all the summer’s day"

D
“Then take me back into your arms
F
If you my love would win
C
And hold me tight and fear me not
Bb        Am      (D)
*I’ll be a gentleman”

D
“But first I’ll change all in your 
arms
F
Into a wild wolf
C
But hold me tight and fear me not
Bb        Am      (D)
I am your own true love”

D
“And then I’ll change all in your 
arms
F
Into a wild bear
C
But hold me tight and fear me not
Bb        Am      (D)
I am your husband dear”

D
“And then I’ll change all in your 
arms
F
Into a lion bold
C
But hold me tight and fear me not
Bb        Am      (D)
And you will love your child”

D
At first he changed all in her arms
F
Into a wild wolf
C
She held him tight and feared him 
not
Bb        Am      (D)
He was her own true love

D
And then he changed all in her arms
F
Into a wild bear
C
She held him tight and feared him 
not
Bb        Am      (D)
He was her husband dear

D
And then he changed all in her arms
F
Into a lion bold
C
She held him tight and feared him 
not
Bb        Am      (D)
The father of her child

D
And then he changed all in her arms
F
Into a naked man
C
She’s wrapped him in her coat so 
warm
Bb        Am      (D)
And she has brought him home