
Date of issue: 25.03.2007
Record label: exclusively
Song language: English
The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter |
There was an old widow in Westmorland who had no daughter but one |
And she has prayed both night and day she should keep her maidenhead long |
«Ah, don’t be daft, mother,» she said, «and say no more to me |
For a fine young man in the Grenadier Guards my maidenhead’s taken from me» |
«You saucy cat, you impudent cat, a-cursed may you be |
If some idle rogue in the Grenadier Guards your maidenhead’s taken from thee» |
But the girlie’s off to the Grenadier Guards as fast as go can she |
Saying «Give me back my maidenhead, my mother she nags at me» |
So he kissed her and undressed her and he laid her on the bed |
And he put her head where her feet were before and gave back her maidenhead |
Then he kissed her and he dressed her with a rose in either hand |
Invited her round to St. Mary’s church to see his fine wedding |
Oh, the girlie’s off to her mammy’s house as fast as go can she |
«I'm as full a maiden, mammy dear, as the day you first bore me |
He kissed me and undressed me and he laid me on the bed |
Put my head where my feet were before and he gave back my maidenhead |
Then he kissed me and he dressed me, put a rose in either hand and |
Invited me round to St. Mary’s church to see his fine wedding |
«Ah, never on foot,» her mammy she said, «in a carriage and pair you’ll ride |
With four and twenty fine young girls to go with you beside» |
«Ah, who is this?» |
the bride she said, «She comes so high to me» |
«I see it is the widow’s daughter who ran home and told her mammy» |
«How could she do it, how would she do it, how could she do it for shame? |
Eleven long nights I lay with a man and I never told anyone» |
«If eleven long nights you lay with a man, you never shall lie with me |
I’d rather marry the widow’s daughter who ran home and told her mammy» |
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