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Jamie Douglas

from 52 Folk Songs: Blue by Phil Edwards

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Child 204

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Oh, waly, waly up the bank and waly, waly down the brae,
And waly by the riverside where my true love and I would go.
I was a lady of renown that lived all in the North country;
I was a lady of high renown when Jamie Douglas courted me.

And when we came to Glasgow town, it was a comely sight to see,
My lord was dressed in velvet green and I myself in cramosie.
And when my eldest son was born and set upon his nurse's knee,
I was the happiest woman born and Jamie Douglas, he loved me.

There came a man into our house and Jamie Lockhart was his name
And it was told unto my lord that I did lie in bed with him.
There came another to our house and he was no good friend to me;
He put Jamie's shoes beneath my bed and bade my good lord come and see.

And when my lord came to my room this great falsehood for to see,
He turned him round all with a scowl and there he took his leave of me
"Farewell, farewell, my lady fair! Farewell, farewell, once dear to me!
Farewell, farewell, my lady fair! With me you never more shall be."

“Come down the stairs now Jamie Douglas, come down awhile and dine with me,
I'll set you on a chair of gold and serve you kindly on my knee.”
“When cockleshells turn silver bells and fishes fly from tree to tree,
When frost and snow turn fire to burn it's then I'll come and dine with thee.”

Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood, I vow an ill death may you die,
You were the first and the foremost man that parted my good lord and I.
And when my father came to know that my lord had forsaken me,
He sent fifty of his brisk dragoons to fetch me home to my own country.

Farewell, farewell now Jamie Douglas! Farewell, forever dear to me!
Farewell, farewell now Jamie Douglas! Look to the babes I bore to thee.
You think that I am like yourself and lie with each one that I see,
But I do swear by Heavens high, I never loved a man but thee.

Oh, waly, waly up the bank and waly, waly down the brae,
And waly by the riverside where my true love and I would go.
O waly, waly, love is bonny a little while when first it's new,
But love grows old and waxes cold and fades away like morning dew.

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from 52 Folk Songs: Blue, released January 19, 2012
Child 204, following June Tabor

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