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lyrics

TAM LIN traditional

I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel down to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there

None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
For he will take their mantle green or else their maidenhead

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone down to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she

She'd not but pulled a double rose, a rose but only two
When up then came young Tam Lin, says "Lady, pull no more

And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me
I’ll come and go, young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she

Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild
Oh, and alas, Janet, he said, I think you go with child

Well, if that be so, Janet said, myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall shall get this baby's name

For if my love were earthly knight as he is elfin grey
I'd not change my own true love for any knight you have

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone down to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she

Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin, she said, why came you here to dwell
The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell

And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell
I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself

But tonight is Hallowe'en the faerie folk do ride
Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must bide

First let past the horses black and then let past the brown
Run quickly to the white steed and pull the rider down

For I'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town
Because I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown

Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or snake
But hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby's father

And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold
But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child

And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight
But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight

In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win

Then up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she
Woe betide her ill-fought face, an ill death may she die

Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, "what this night I did see
I'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree

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from Heart of the Hills Vol. 3, released September 16, 2019

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