Dave van Ronk - Lady gay
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Dave van Ronk
'Inside Dave van Ronk' from 1964
'Lady Gay' traditional folk song
transcribed by Fridthjoff
F#m
F#mThere was a lady and a lAady gF#may,
Of children she had thAree,
She sent them awF#may to the North CountrAy
To leF#marn their gErammarF#m-ee
F#mThey had not been there vAery F#mlong,
Scarcely six months and a Aday,
When F#mdeath, cold death, come-a hasting alAong
And he sF#mtole those bEabes aF#mway.
F#mShe prayed to the lord that was Ain F#mHeaven
"Who airs a golden crAown?
prayer senF#md to me, my three little baAbes
tonight or the morBning F#msoon."
F#mIt was just about old christmas time
Then I speak cold and Aclear
She looked and she F#msaw, her three little Ababes
come rF#munning homEe toF#m her
F#mShe sat a table both lAong and F#mwide.
on it put bread and wAine.
"Come eat, come dF#mrink, my three little bAabes.
Come eat, come drBink of F#mmine."
F#m"We want none of your bread, mAothF#mer,
Neither do we want yAour wine,
For yonder sF#mtands our savior Adeer,
To his wF#mill we mEust reF#msign."
F#m"Green grass grows over our heads, mother,
Cold clay is under our fAeet,
And every F#mtear you shed for Aus,
It wets our wiBnding-sF#mheet."
Capo 2:
F#m - Em
A - G
E - D
B - A