D
Arise, Arise my lady fair,
G D
For you my bride shall be,
D
And we will dwell in a Sylvain bower,
C G/B D
In my castle by the sea.
D
Come bring along your marriage fee,
G D
That you can claim today,
D
And also bring your swiftest steeds,
C G/B D
The milk white and the grey.
D
The lady mounted her white stead,
G D
He rode the turban grey,
D
They took the path by the wild sea shore,
C G/B D
Or so I heard them say,
D
When they got to the castle high,
G D
It looked so black and cold,
D
She wished she'd stayed in Boston Town,
C G/B D
With her 10,000 pounds in gold.
[Interlude]
D G D D C G/B D
D
Lie down lie down my pretty fair maid,
G D
My bride you'll never be,
D
For its six fair maiden's I've drowned here,
C G/B D
And the seventh you shall be.
D
Take off, take off that scarlet robe
G D
And lay it down by me,
D
For it is to rich and costly for
C G/B D
To rot in the brinny sea
D
Then turn your face to the wild sea shore,
G D
And your back to yonder tree
D
For it is a disgrace for any man,
C G/B D
An unclothed woman to see,
D
So he turned his face to the wild sea shore,
G D
And his back to yonder tree
D
This lady took him in her arms
C G/B D
And flung him into the sea
D
Lie there, lie there you false young man
G D
And drown in the place of me
D
If its six fair maidens you've drown here
C G/B D
Well keep them company
D
She mounted on her milk white steed
G D
And led the turban grey
D
She rode 'til she come to Boston town,
C G/B D
Two hours before it was day
