[00:00.88]Artist:kate rusby [00:02.26]Songs Title:william and davy [00:11.37]William and Davy were born in one hall [00:15.17]They grew side by side, as they grew strong and tall [00:19.60]Shared most things, only quarrelled now and then [00:23.11]In twenty years they were fine young men [00:26.85]In twenty years they were fine young men [00:32.27]William and Davy their hearts have been won [00:35.90]For each young man she's the very same one [00:39.69]Her eyes are blue she has soft and snowy skin [00:43.94]A fairer maiden there never has been [00:47.93]A fairer maiden there never has been [00:59.98]Said William to Davy this girl I must wed [01:03.65]She fills my dreams like she fills my head [01:07.71]Please be kind her true lover I'll be him [01:11.65]And around the ocean I'm willing to swim [01:15.25]And around the ocean I'm willing to swim [01:19.56]Oh dearest William you must play fair [01:23.37]She's in my heart and she will always be there [01:27.17]And I am sure that she loves me more than thee [01:31.30]In her arms I soon will be [01:35.05]In her arms I soon will be [01:57.77]Said William to Davy, away let us ride [02:09.50]Unto her we will stand side by side [02:13.56]There she'll choose who she'll love and who she'll wed [02:17.43]And who will lie with her in her bed [02:21.42]Who will lie with her in her bed [02:26.84]The brothers they rode through wind and through rain [02:30.52]Each of them her heart for to gain [02:34.03]They rode until they were standing at her door [02:38.08]Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore [02:42.08]Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore [02:53.17]Then swiftly the maiden she opened the door [02:56.55]Young William and Davy, come round here no more [03:00.30]Wed I am, oh and happy I will be [03:04.23]Gold and silver he gave to me [03:07.97]Gold and silver he gave to me [03:20.01]William and Davy were born in one hall [03:23.81]They both rode side by side and they never did stall [03:27.62]They both have lost the girl that they adore [03:31.69]Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore [03:35.55]Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore [03:42.47]