[00:00.00]Lord Thomas & Fair Eleanor (Live) - Peter Bellamy
[00:00.45]Lord Thomas he was a bold forester
[00:04.52]And the keeper of our lord's deer
[00:07.63]Fair Eleanor she was a lady gay
[00:10.69]Lord Thomas he loved her so dear
[00:14.91]Lord Thomas he loved her so dear
[00:19.33]So come riddle to me dear mother he said
[00:24.39]Come riddle it all as one
[00:27.76]Whether I should marry with Fair Eleanor
[00:30.85]Or bring the brown girl home
[00:35.11]Or bring the brown girl home
[00:39.17]Well the brown girl she has riches and land
[00:44.01]Fair Eleanor she has none
[00:47.26]And so I charge you do my bidding
[00:50.31]And bring the brown girl home
[00:54.46]And bring the brown girl home
[00:59.70]So he's rode till he's come to Fair Eleanor's bower
[01:04.74]Loudly the bell did ring
[01:08.55]There was none so ready as Fair Eleanor herself
[01:11.94]For to rise and bid him in
[01:16.20]To rise and bid him in
[01:21.28]And what news what news Lord Thomas she said
[01:26.18]What news have you brought to me
[01:30.21]I have come to invite you to my wedding
[01:33.64]And that's sad news for thee
[01:38.36]And that's sad news for thee
[01:43.79]Come riddle to me dear mother she said
[01:48.24]Come riddle it all as one
[01:51.74]Whether I should go to Lord Thomas's wedding
[01:55.26]Or bide with thee at home
[01:59.74]Or bide with thee at home
[02:04.37]Well many are your friends she said
[02:07.75]But thousands are your foes
[02:10.70]And so I charge you do my bidding
[02:13.89]And bide with me at home
[02:18.43]And bide with me at home
[02:22.95]But she has dressed herself in the shining white
[02:27.89]Her merry men all in green
[02:31.04]And every town that they rode through
[02:34.55]They took her to be some Queen
[02:39.33]They took her to be some Queen
[02:43.26]And she has rode till she's come to Lord Thomas's hall
[02:48.12]Loudly the bell she did ring
[02:52.20]There was none so ready as Lord Thomas himself
[02:56.02]For to rise and bid her in
[03:00.58]To rise and bid her in
[03:05.49]And he's taken her by the lily-white hand
[03:10.69]He's led her through the hall
[03:13.41]He sat her down at his right side
[03:17.20]Above the ladies all
[03:21.06]Above the ladies all
[03:26.78]Now the brown girl she had a little pen knife
[03:31.42]It was ground both keen and sharp
[03:35.38]And between the long ribs and the small
[03:38.85]She's pierced Fair Eleanor's heart
[03:42.94]She's pierced Fair Eleanor's heart
[03:46.97]What ails you lady Lord Thomas said
[03:50.57]For you look most wondrous wan
[03:53.89]And you used to have the fairest colour
[03:57.20]That ever the sun shone on
[04:01.07]That ever the sun shone on
[04:06.08]Oh are you blind Lord Thomas she said
[04:10.86]So blind that you cannot see
[04:14.58]For I fear I fear my own heart's blood
[04:18.57]Run trickling to my knee
[04:22.90]Run trickling to my knee
[04:27.95]With his sword he cut off the brown girl's head
[04:32.48]And he dashed it against the wall
[04:36.51]Then he set the hilt upon the ground
[04:39.67]And upon the point he did fall
[04:44.29]And upon the point he did fall
[04:50.17]Now come dig my grave Lord Thomas said
[04:55.60]Dig it long wide and deep
[04:59.12]And place Fair Eleanor in my arms
[05:02.85]And the brown girl at my feet
[05:08.14]And the brown girl at my feet