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Tom the Barber

from 52 Folk Songs: Blue by Phil Edwards

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As I looked over the castle wall
To see what I could see,
There I saw my father's ship
Come a-sailing home to me.

"What's the matter, my daughter Jane,
That you look so pale and wan,
Have you had some sore sickness
Or been lying with some young man?""

"Oh, I've had no sore sickness
Nor lain with any young man,
But I have a grief all to my heart
That you bide so long at sea."

Then she took off her gown of green,
She's hanged it against the wall.
Her apron strings they would not tie
She was three quarters gone.

"Is it to a noble gentleman
Or to one of high degree?
Or is it to one of them jolly tars
That sailed in along of me?"

"It is to no noble gentleman
Nor to one of high degree;
But it is to Tom the Barber bold
Who sailed in along of thee."

The king's called for his merry men,
By one, by two, by three,
And Tom the Barber that used to come first,
The last come in was he.

In came Tom the Barber bold,
He was dressed all in silk.
His eyes did shine like morning sun,
His skin was like the milk.

"Will you marry my daughter Jane?
Will you take her by the hand?
Will you prove a father unto that child,
And be heir to all my land?"

"Yes, I'll marry your daughter Jane,
I'll take her by the hand.
I'll prove a father unto that child,
But I value not your land.

"For I have gold and silver store,
I've houses and I've land.
If it were not for your daughter Jane,
I'd never have been your man."

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from 52 Folk Songs: Blue, released January 19, 2012

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