Child Owlet
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Bb Gm Bb Gm Bb [Verse]D F Gm Lady Erskine sits into her bowerBb F Gm Sewing a silken seamD F Gm A bonny shirt for Child OwletBb F Gm As he goes out and inD F Gm His face was fair, long was his hairBb F Gm She's called him to come nearD F Gm “Oh, you must cuckold Lord RonaldBb F Eb For all his lands and gear” [Verse]D F “Oh, lady, hold your tongue, forGm shameBb F Gm For such should ne'er be doneD F Gm How can I cuckold Lord RonaldBb F Gm And me his sister's son?”D F Then she's ta'en out a smallGm penknifeBb F Gm That lay beside her headD F She's pricked herself below herGm breastBb F Eb Which made her body bleedContinues after the ad[Verse]D F Gm Lord Ronald's come into her bowerBb F Gm Where she did make her moanD F “Oh, what is all this blood”, heGm saidBb F Gm “That shines on your breastbone?”D F “Young Child Owlet, your sister'sGm sonBb F Gm Is new gone from my bowerD F Gm Had I not been a good womanBb F Eb I'd have been Child Owlet's whore” [Verse]D F Gm Then he has taken Child OwletBb F Gm Thrown him in prison strongD F Gm And all his men, a council heldBb F Gm To judge Child Owlet's wrongD F Some said, Child Owlet, he shouldGm hangBb F Gm Some said that he should burnD F Gm Some said they would he, Child OwletBb F Eb Between wild horses torn [Verse]D F Gm “Ten horses in my stable standBb F Gm Can run right speedilyD F Gm It's you must to my stable goBb F Gm And take out four for me”D F Gm They tied a horse unto each footBb F Gm And one unto each handD F They've sent them out o'er ElkinGm MoorBb F Eb As fast as they could run [Verse]D F Gm There was no stone on Elkin MoorBb F Gm No broom nor bonny whinD F But's dripping with Child Owlet'sGm bloodBb F Gm And pieces of his skinD F Gm There was no grass on Elkin MoorBb F Gm No broom nor bonny rushD F But's dripping with Child Owlet'sGm bloodBb F Eb And pieces of his flesh
