[00:00.000] 作词 : Traditional
[00:00.494]Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret, was sewing at her seam
[00:06.701]And she’s all dressed in black.
[00:10.905]And the thought come in her head to run in the wood
[00:15.607]to pull flowers to flower her hat, me boys,
[00:19.289]to pull flowers to flower her hat.
[00:23.852]So she hoisted up her petticoats a bit above the knee
[00:29.120]And so nimbly she’d run o’er the ground.
[00:33.537]And when she come in the merry greenwood,
[00:38.386]Well, she pulled them branches down, me boys,
[00:42.941]Well, she pulled them branches down.
[00:48.221]Suddenly she spied a fine young man,
[00:52.756]He’s standing by a tree.
[00:56.852]He says, “How dare you pull them branches down
[01:00.928]Without the leave of me, my dear,
[01:04.968]Without the leave of me?”
[01:09.725]Well, she says, “This little wood, oh, it is me very own,
[01:14.747]Me father gave it to me.
[01:18.862]I can pull these branches down
[01:22.512]Without the leave of thee, young man,
[01:26.854]Oh, without the leave of thee.”
[01:31.034]And he took her by the milk-white hand
[01:35.811]And by the grass-green sleeve,
[01:40.206]He pulled her down at the foot of a bush,
[01:44.189]And he never once asked her leave, me boys,
[01:48.554]No, he never once asked her leave.
[01:53.122]And when it was done she twist about
[01:59.266]To ask her true-love’s name.
[02:03.419]But she nothing heard and she nothing saw
[02:08.377]And all the woods grew dim, grew dim,
[02:11.362]And all the woods grew dim.
[02:19.171]There’s four and twenty ladies all in the land
[02:24.666]and they’re all playing at chess.
[02:29.085]Except it was the Lady Margaret
[02:33.000]And she’s green as any glass, me boys,
[02:37.440]Oh, she’s green as any glass.
[02:42.134]And there’s four and twenty ladies all in the land
[02:48.044]Grow as red as any rose.
[02:52.155]Except it was the Lady Margaret,
[02:57.235]She’s pale and wan, me boys,
[03:00.705]Oh, pale and wan she goes.
[03:06.163]Up then spoke the little servant girl,
[03:11.161]She lift her hand and smiled,
[03:14.577]Says, “I think my lady has loved too long
[03:19.503]And now she goes with child, me dears,
[03:24.032]Oh, and now she goes with child.”
[03:29.645]Up then spoke the second serving girl
[03:34.600]“Oh, ever and alas,” said she,
[03:38.480]“But I think I know a herb in the merry greenwood,
[03:44.451]It’ll twine thy baby from thee, madam,
[03:48.474]It’ll twine thy baby from thee.”
[03:53.735]So Lady Margaret she got her silver comb,
[03:58.507]Made haste to comb her hair,
[04:02.475]And then she’s away to the merry greenwood
[04:07.398]As fast as she can tear, me boys,
[04:12.191]Oh, as fast as she can tear.
[04:17.032]And she hadn’t pulled in the merry greenwood
[04:22.432]A herb but barely one
[04:25.865]When by her stood the young Tambling,
[04:29.933]He says, “Margaret, leave it alone,
[04:33.375]Oh Margaret, leave it alone.”
[04:38.830]“Why d’you pull that bitter little herb,
[04:42.674]The herb that grows so grey,
[04:47.251]For to destroy that fine young babe
[04:51.859]That we got in our play, my dear,
[04:56.237]That we got in our play?”
[05:01.509]“Well, come tell me now, young Tambling,” she says,
[05:06.884]“If an earthly man you be.”
[05:10.821]“I’ll tell you no lies,” says young Tambling,
[05:15.314]“I was christened as good as thee, me dear,
[05:19.285]I was christened as good as thee.”
[05:24.361]“But as I rode a-hunting on a bitter, bitter night,
[05:29.572]It was from my horse I fell,
[05:33.772]And the Queen of Elfland she caught me
[05:38.509]In yonder green hill to dwell, to dwell,
[05:42.889]Oh, in yonder green hill to dwell.”
[05:48.241]“But tonight is Halloween, lady,
[05:53.910]The Elven Court will ride.
[05:57.880]And if you would your true love win,
[06:02.416]By the mill bridge you must hide, me dear,
[06:07.341]By the mill bridge you must hide.”
[06:12.566]“And first will run the black horse and then will run the brown,
[06:17.737]And then race by the white.
[06:21.537]You hold him fast and you fear him not,
[06:25.769]For he’s the father of your child, my love,
[06:30.374]Oh, he’s the father of your child.”
[06:35.328]“They’ll turn me all in your arms, lady,
[06:39.757]Into many’s the beasts so wild.
[06:43.820]But you’ll hold on fast and you fear no ill,
[06:48.511]For it’s the father of your child, my love,
[06:52.769]It’s the father of your child.”
[06:58.425]So Lady Margaret she got her silver comb,
[07:03.188]She made haste to comb her hair.
[07:07.282]Then she’s away to the old mill-bridge
[07:11.211]As fast as she could tear, me boys,
[07:15.835]Oh, as fast as she could tear.
[07:21.953]And about the dead hour of the night
[07:27.422]She heard the bridles ring.
[07:31.608]And oh, me boys, it chilled her heart
[07:36.165]More than any earthly thing it did,
[07:40.423]More than any earthly thing.
[07:45.372]And first run the black horse and then run the brown
[07:50.591]And then race by the white.
[07:54.350]Well, she hold it fast and feared it not,
[07:58.808]For it’s the father of her child,
[08:02.763]Oh, it’s the father of her child.
[08:08.565]The thunder rolled across the sky,
[08:13.842]The stars blazed bright as day.
[08:18.461]The Queen of Elven gave a thrilling cry,
[08:24.310]“Young Tambling’s away, brave boys,
[08:28.565]Young Tambling’s away.”
[08:33.683]And the very first thing they turned him into
[08:39.191]Was a lion that runs so wild.
[08:42.953]But she held him fast, she feared him not,
[08:46.890]For he’s the father of her child, me boys,
[08:51.740]Oh, he’s father of her child.
[08:57.729]And the very next thing they turned him into,
[09:02.977]It was a loathsome snake.
[09:07.129]He says, “Hold me fast and fear me not,
[09:11.500]For I’m one of God’s own make, my love,
[09:17.397]Oh, I’m one one of God’s own make.”
[09:22.489]And again they changed him all in her arms
[09:27.805]To a red hot bar of iron.
[09:31.984]But she held it fast, she feared it not,
[09:36.383]And it did to her no harm, no harm,
[09:41.045]And it did to her no harm.
[09:46.689]And the very last thing they changed him into
[09:51.912]Was like any naked man.
[09:56.401]She flung her mantle over him,
[10:00.634]She cried, “Me love I’ve won, I’ve won,”
[10:06.591]Oh, she cried, “Me love I’ve won.”
[10:12.365]And the Queen of Elven she called from a bush,
[10:17.882]She’s red as any blood.
[10:22.332]“I should have tore out your eyes, Tambling,
[10:27.052]And put in two eyes of wood, of wood,
[10:32.611]And put in two eyes of wood.”