Young Billy Brown

Song Young Billy Brown
Artist The Watersons
Album True Hearted Girl

Lyrics

[00:01.40] Young Billy Brown, he was a brisk young lad
[00:05.09] When first that he raided me away
[00:09.53] He brought me from me parents and stole me from me home
[00:12.95] And now he's left me in the wicked world to stray
[00:17.74]
[00:17.75] He took me by the lily-white hand
[00:21.54] And led me down the garden path so green
[00:25.46] And what we have done there, well I never will declare
[00:29.00] But the leaves they were pleasant to be seen
[00:33.45]
[00:33.46] He took me by the middle so small
[00:37.19] And gently there he laid me down
[00:41.23] And what we have done there, well I never will declare
[00:45.09] But the winds they came a-whistling all around
[00:49.10]
[00:49.11] When six or seven long months were past and gone
[00:52.98] This young man he came a-riding by
[00:56.98] She says, Young man, I fear that I am with child by thee
[01:00.85] And the very same thing you can't deny
[01:04.90]
[01:04.91] Now if you were with child, me pretty maid
[01:08.78] It need not be any one of mine
[01:12.77] Unless that you can tell me the where and the when
[01:16.65] And also the hour and the time
[01:20.53]
[01:20.54] Oh yes, I can tell you the where and the when
[01:24.46] The very same hour and the time
[01:28.39] 'Twas underneath me father's red and rosy bush
[01:32.37] Just as the village clock was striking nine
[01:36.30]
[01:36.31] Then he gave consent for to marry me, poor girl
[01:40.27] It was to be the very next day
[01:44.16] But instead of getting married to me, poor girl
[01:48.16] He took a ship and boldly sailed away
[01:51.90]
[01:51.91] But if ever he should return again from sea
[01:56.12] His curly curly locks I will enfold
[01:59.99] I never will upbraid him nor tell him of his faults
[02:03.79] But encourage him for being so bold