[00:11.750]The king has been a prisoner,[00:18.003]And a prisoner long in Spain,[00:23.574]And Willie of the Winsbury,[00:29.913]Has lain long with his daughter at home.[00:35.588]"What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet,[00:41.973]Why you look so pale and wan?[00:47.453]Oh, have you had any sore sickness[00:53.874]Or yet been sleeping with a man?"[00:59.467]"I have not had any sore sickness,[01:05.914]Nor yet been sleeping with a man.[01:11.205]It is for you, my father dear,[01:17.800]For biding so long in Spain."[01:23.316]"Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown,[01:29.719]You stand naked upon the stone,[01:35.122]That I may know you by your shape,[01:41.843]If you be a maiden or no."[01:47.288]And she's cast off her berry-brown gown[01:53.778]She stood naked upon the stone[01:59.044]Her apron was low and her haunches were round,[02:05.497]Her face was pale and wan.[02:10.843]"Oh, was it with a lord or a duke or a knight,[02:17.242]Or a man of birth and fame,[02:22.572]Or was it with one of my serving men[02:29.061]That's lately come out of Spain?"[02:34.460]"It wasn't with a lord, nor a duke or a knight,[02:40.930]Nor a man of birth and fame,[02:46.305]But it was with Willie of Winsbury,[02:52.914]I could bide no longer alone."[02:58.409]And the king has called on his merry men all,[03:04.701]By thirty and by three,[03:10.183]Says, "Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury,[03:16.458]For hanged he shall be."[03:21.969](- Instrumental verse -)[03:45.847]But when he came the king before,[03:52.397]He was clad all in the red silk.[03:57.637]His hair was like the strands of gold,[04:04.193]His skin was as white as the milk.[04:09.671]And "It is no wonder," said the king,[04:16.254]"That my daughter's love you did win.[04:21.704]For if I was a woman, as I am a man,[04:28.248]My bedfellow you would have been."[04:33.922]"And will you marry my daughter Janet,[04:40.432]By the truth of your right hand?[04:45.858]Oh, will you marry my daughter Janet?[04:52.394]I will make you the lord of my land."[04:57.823]"Oh yes, I will marry your daughter Janet.[05:04.315]By the truth of my right hand.[05:09.939]Why yes, I will marry your daughter Janet,[05:16.556]But I'll not be the lord of your land."[05:21.921]And he's mounted her on a milk-white steed,[05:28.564]And himself on a dapple grey.[05:33.980]He has made her the lady of as much land[05:40.571]As she shall ride in a long summer's day.[05:48.200]