Tom: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Father,
come,
Father, come, riddle to me,
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Come, riddle it all as one,
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And tell me whether to marry fair Ellen
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Or bring the brown girl home
The brown girl she has house and land
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Fair Ellen, there she has none
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And there I charge you with the blessing
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To bring the brown girl home
He got on his horse and
he rode and he rode
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He rode till he come to her home
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And no one so ready as Fair Ellen herself
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To rise and welcome him in
What news have you brought on to me,
Lord Thomas?
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What news have you brought on to me?
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I've come to ask you to my wedding,
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a sorrowful wedding to be.
Oh mother, oh mother, would you go or stay?
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Fair child, do as you please.
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But I'm afraid if you go,
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to see your dear mother anymore.
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She
turned around all dressed in white
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Her sisters dressed in green
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And every town that they rode through
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Took her to be some queen
They rode and they rode
till they come to the hall
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She pulled on the bell and it rang,
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Lord Thomas himself
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To rise and bid them in.
Then taking her by her lily -white hand,
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And leading her through the hall,
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Saying, Fifty gay ladies are here today,
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But here is the flower of all.
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The brown girl she was standing by,
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With knife both keen and sharp,
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Between the long ribs and the shore,
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pierced Ferel Under's heart.
Lord Thomas he was standing by,
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with knife, keen and sharp.
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Between the long ribs and the shore,
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pierced his own bride's heart.
Then placing the handle against the wall,
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the point against his breast.
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Saying, this is the ending
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God sends them all to rave
O Father, O Father, go dig my grave
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And place fair Elinor in my arms
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And the brown girl at my feet you
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