Tam Lin (Child 39)

Tam Lin (Child 39) Lyrics

Song	Tam Lin (Child 39)
Artist	Anaïs Mitchell
Artist	YoungStar
Album	Child Ballads
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[00:21]	Janet sits in her lonely room
[00:24]	Sewing a silken seam
[00:26]	And looking out on Carterhaugh
[00:29]	Among the roses green
[00:31]	And Janet sits in her lonely bower
[00:34]	Sewing a silken thread
[00:37]	And longed to be in Carterhaugh
[00:39]	Among the roses red
[00:44]	She's let the seam fall at her heel
[00:47]	The needle to her toe
[00:49]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[00:52]	As fast as she can go
[00:55]	She hadn't pulled a rose, a rose
[00:57]	A rose, but only one
[01:00]	When then appeared him, young Tamlin
[01:02]	Says, “Lady, let alone”
[01:05]	“What makes you pull the rose, the rose?
[01:08]	What makes you break the tree?
[01:10]	What makes you come to Carterhaugh
[01:13]	Without the leave of me?”
[01:17]	“But Carterhaugh is not your own
[01:20]	Roses there are many
[01:22]	I'll come and go all as I please
[01:25]	And not ask leave of any”
[01:27]	And he has took her by the hand
[01:30]	Took her by the sleeve
[01:33]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:35]	Among the roses green
[01:38]	And he has took her by the arm
[01:40]	Took her by the hem
[01:42]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:45]	Among the roses red
[02:07]	There's four and twenty ladies fair
[02:11]	Sewing at the silk
[02:14]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:17]	Her face as pale as milk
[02:19]	And four and twenty gentlemen
[02:22]	Playing at the chess
[02:24]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:27]	As green as any glass
[02:29]	Then up and spoke her father
[02:32]	He's spoken meek and mild
[02:35]	“Oh, alas, my daughter
[02:37]	I fear you go with child”
[02:40]	“And is it to a man of might
[02:42]	Or to a man of means
[02:45]	Or who among my gentlemen
[02:47]	Shall give the babe his name?”
[02:51]	“Oh, father, if I go with child
[02:55]	This much to you I'll tell
[02:57]	There's none among your gentlemen
[03:00]	That I would treat so well”
[03:02]	“And, father, if I go with child
[03:05]	I must bear the blame
[03:07]	There's none among your gentlemen
[03:10]	Shall give the babe his name”
[03:14]	She's let the seam fall at her hell
[03:18]	The needle to her toe
[03:20]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[03:23]	As fast as she could go
[03:25]	And she is down among the weeds
[03:28]	Down among the thorn
[03:30]	When then appeared Tamlin again
[03:33]	Says, “Lady, pull no more”
[03:35]	“What makes you pull the poison rose?
[03:38]	What makes you break the tree?
[03:40]	What makes you harm the little babe
[03:43]	That I have got with thee?”
[03:45]	“Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
[03:48]	I will break the tree
[03:51]	But I'll not bear the little babe
[03:54]	That you have got with me”
[03:56]	“If he were to a gentleman
[03:59]	And not a wild shade
[04:01]	I'd rock him all the winter's night
[04:04]	And all the summer's day”
[04:25]	“Then take me back into your arms
[04:29]	If you my love would win
[04:32]	And hold me tight and fear me not
[04:35]	I'll be a gentleman”
[04:37]	“But first I'll change all in your arms
[04:40]	Into a wild wolf
[04:42]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:45]	I am your own true love”
[04:48]	“And then I'll change all in your arms
[04:50]	Into a wild bear
[04:52]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:56]	I am your husband dear”
[04:58]	“And then I'll change all in your arms
[05:01]	Into a lion bold
[05:03]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[05:05]	And you will love your child”
[05:09]	At first he changed all in her arms
[05:13]	Into a wild wolf
[05:16]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:19]	He was her own true love
[05:21]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:24]	Into a wild bear
[05:26]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:29]	He was her husband dear
[05:31]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:34]	Into a lion bold
[05:36]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:39]	The father of her child
[05:44]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:47]	Into a naked man
[05:50]	She's wrapped him in her coat so warm
[05:53]	And she has brought him home

[00:21]	Janet sits in her lonely room
[00:24]	Sewing a silken seam
[00:26]	And looking out on Carterhaugh
[00:29]	Among the roses green
[00:31]	And Janet sits in her lonely bower
[00:34]	Sewing a silken thread
[00:37]	And longed to be in Carterhaugh
[00:39]	Among the roses red
[00:44]	She' s let the seam fall at her heel
[00:47]	The needle to her toe
[00:49]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[00:52]	As fast as she can go
[00:55]	She hadn' t pulled a rose, a rose
[00:57]	A rose, but only one
[01:00]	When then appeared him, young Tamlin
[01:02]	Says, " Lady, let alone"
[01:05]	" What makes you pull the rose, the rose?
[01:08]	What makes you break the tree?
[01:10]	What makes you come to Carterhaugh
[01:13]	Without the leave of me?"
[01:17]	" But Carterhaugh is not your own
[01:20]	Roses there are many
[01:22]	I' ll come and go all as I please
[01:25]	And not ask leave of any"
[01:27]	And he has took her by the hand
[01:30]	Took her by the sleeve
[01:33]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:35]	Among the roses green
[01:38]	And he has took her by the arm
[01:40]	Took her by the hem
[01:42]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:45]	Among the roses red
[02:07]	There' s four and twenty ladies fair
[02:11]	Sewing at the silk
[02:14]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:17]	Her face as pale as milk
[02:19]	And four and twenty gentlemen
[02:22]	Playing at the chess
[02:24]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:27]	As green as any glass
[02:29]	Then up and spoke her father
[02:32]	He' s spoken meek and mild
[02:35]	" Oh, alas, my daughter
[02:37]	I fear you go with child"
[02:40]	" And is it to a man of might
[02:42]	Or to a man of means
[02:45]	Or who among my gentlemen
[02:47]	Shall give the babe his name?"
[02:51]	" Oh, father, if I go with child
[02:55]	This much to you I' ll tell
[02:57]	There' s none among your gentlemen
[03:00]	That I would treat so well"
[03:02]	" And, father, if I go with child
[03:05]	I must bear the blame
[03:07]	There' s none among your gentlemen
[03:10]	Shall give the babe his name"
[03:14]	She' s let the seam fall at her hell
[03:18]	The needle to her toe
[03:20]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[03:23]	As fast as she could go
[03:25]	And she is down among the weeds
[03:28]	Down among the thorn
[03:30]	When then appeared Tamlin again
[03:33]	Says, " Lady, pull no more"
[03:35]	" What makes you pull the poison rose?
[03:38]	What makes you break the tree?
[03:40]	What makes you harm the little babe
[03:43]	That I have got with thee?"
[03:45]	" Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
[03:48]	I will break the tree
[03:51]	But I' ll not bear the little babe
[03:54]	That you have got with me"
[03:56]	" If he were to a gentleman
[03:59]	And not a wild shade
[04:01]	I' d rock him all the winter' s night
[04:04]	And all the summer' s day"
[04:25]	" Then take me back into your arms
[04:29]	If you my love would win
[04:32]	And hold me tight and fear me not
[04:35]	I' ll be a gentleman"
[04:37]	" But first I' ll change all in your arms
[04:40]	Into a wild wolf
[04:42]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:45]	I am your own true love"
[04:48]	" And then I' ll change all in your arms
[04:50]	Into a wild bear
[04:52]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:56]	I am your husband dear"
[04:58]	" And then I' ll change all in your arms
[05:01]	Into a lion bold
[05:03]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[05:05]	And you will love your child"
[05:09]	At first he changed all in her arms
[05:13]	Into a wild wolf
[05:16]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:19]	He was her own true love
[05:21]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:24]	Into a wild bear
[05:26]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:29]	He was her husband dear
[05:31]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:34]	Into a lion bold
[05:36]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:39]	The father of her child
[05:44]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:47]	Into a naked man
[05:50]	She' s wrapped him in her coat so warm
[05:53]	And she has brought him home

[00:21]	Janet sits in her lonely room
[00:24]	Sewing a silken seam
[00:26]	And looking out on Carterhaugh
[00:29]	Among the roses green
[00:31]	And Janet sits in her lonely bower
[00:34]	Sewing a silken thread
[00:37]	And longed to be in Carterhaugh
[00:39]	Among the roses red
[00:44]	She' s let the seam fall at her heel
[00:47]	The needle to her toe
[00:49]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[00:52]	As fast as she can go
[00:55]	She hadn' t pulled a rose, a rose
[00:57]	A rose, but only one
[01:00]	When then appeared him, young Tamlin
[01:02]	Says, " Lady, let alone"
[01:05]	" What makes you pull the rose, the rose?
[01:08]	What makes you break the tree?
[01:10]	What makes you come to Carterhaugh
[01:13]	Without the leave of me?"
[01:17]	" But Carterhaugh is not your own
[01:20]	Roses there are many
[01:22]	I' ll come and go all as I please
[01:25]	And not ask leave of any"
[01:27]	And he has took her by the hand
[01:30]	Took her by the sleeve
[01:33]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:35]	Among the roses green
[01:38]	And he has took her by the arm
[01:40]	Took her by the hem
[01:42]	And he has laid this lady down
[01:45]	Among the roses red
[02:07]	There' s four and twenty ladies fair
[02:11]	Sewing at the silk
[02:14]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:17]	Her face as pale as milk
[02:19]	And four and twenty gentlemen
[02:22]	Playing at the chess
[02:24]	And Janet goes among them all
[02:27]	As green as any glass
[02:29]	Then up and spoke her father
[02:32]	He' s spoken meek and mild
[02:35]	" Oh, alas, my daughter
[02:37]	I fear you go with child"
[02:40]	" And is it to a man of might
[02:42]	Or to a man of means
[02:45]	Or who among my gentlemen
[02:47]	Shall give the babe his name?"
[02:51]	" Oh, father, if I go with child
[02:55]	This much to you I' ll tell
[02:57]	There' s none among your gentlemen
[03:00]	That I would treat so well"
[03:02]	" And, father, if I go with child
[03:05]	I must bear the blame
[03:07]	There' s none among your gentlemen
[03:10]	Shall give the babe his name"
[03:14]	She' s let the seam fall at her hell
[03:18]	The needle to her toe
[03:20]	And she has gone to Carterhaugh
[03:23]	As fast as she could go
[03:25]	And she is down among the weeds
[03:28]	Down among the thorn
[03:30]	When then appeared Tamlin again
[03:33]	Says, " Lady, pull no more"
[03:35]	" What makes you pull the poison rose?
[03:38]	What makes you break the tree?
[03:40]	What makes you harm the little babe
[03:43]	That I have got with thee?"
[03:45]	" Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
[03:48]	I will break the tree
[03:51]	But I' ll not bear the little babe
[03:54]	That you have got with me"
[03:56]	" If he were to a gentleman
[03:59]	And not a wild shade
[04:01]	I' d rock him all the winter' s night
[04:04]	And all the summer' s day"
[04:25]	" Then take me back into your arms
[04:29]	If you my love would win
[04:32]	And hold me tight and fear me not
[04:35]	I' ll be a gentleman"
[04:37]	" But first I' ll change all in your arms
[04:40]	Into a wild wolf
[04:42]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:45]	I am your own true love"
[04:48]	" And then I' ll change all in your arms
[04:50]	Into a wild bear
[04:52]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[04:56]	I am your husband dear"
[04:58]	" And then I' ll change all in your arms
[05:01]	Into a lion bold
[05:03]	But hold me tight and fear me not
[05:05]	And you will love your child"
[05:09]	At first he changed all in her arms
[05:13]	Into a wild wolf
[05:16]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:19]	He was her own true love
[05:21]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:24]	Into a wild bear
[05:26]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:29]	He was her husband dear
[05:31]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:34]	Into a lion bold
[05:36]	She held him tight and feared him not
[05:39]	The father of her child
[05:44]	And then he changed all in her arms
[05:47]	Into a naked man
[05:50]	She' s wrapped him in her coat so warm
[05:53]	And she has brought him home

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