Steeleye Span - Child owlet

Lady ^DErskine sits in^Fto her ^Gmbower ^BbSewing a ^Fsilken ^Gmseam A ^Dbonny shirt for ^FChild Ow^Gmlet As ^Bbhe goes ^Fout and ^Gmin His ^Dface was fair, ^Flong was his ^Gmhair She's ^Bbcalled him ^Fto come ^Gmnear “Oh, ^Dyou must cuckold ^FLord Ron^Gmald For ^Bball his ^Flands and ^Ebgear”

“Oh, ^Dlady, hold your ^Ftongue, for ^Gmshame For ^Bbsuch should ^Fne'er be ^Gmdone How ^Dcan I cuckold ^FLord Ron^Gmald And ^Bbme his ^Fsister's ^Gmson?” Then ^Dshe's ta'en out a ^Fsmall pen^Gmknife That ^Bblay be^Fside her ^Gmhead She's ^Dpricked herself be^Flow her ^Gmbreast Which ^Bbmade her ^Fbody ^Ebbleed

Lord ^DRonald's come in^Fto her ^Gmbower Where ^Bbshe did ^Fmake her ^Gmmoan “Oh, ^Dwhat is all this ^Fblood”, he ^Gmsaid “That ^Bbshines ^Fon your breast^Gmbone?” “Young ^DChild Owlet, your ^Fsister's ^Gmson Is ^Bbnew gone ^Ffrom my ^Gmbower Had ^DI not been a ^Fgood wo^Gmman I'd have ^Bbbeen Child ^FOwlet's ^Ebwhore”

Then ^Dhe has taken ^FChild Ow^Gmlet Thrown ^Bbhim in ^Fprison ^Gmstrong And ^Dall his men, a ^Fcouncil ^Gmheld To ^Bbjudge Child ^FOwlet's ^Gmwrong Some ^Dsaid, Child Owlet, ^Fhe should ^Gmhang Some ^Bbsaid that ^Fhe should ^Gmburn Some ^Dsaid they would he, ^FChild Ow^Gmlet Be^Bbtween wild ^Fhorses ^Ebtorn

“Ten ^Dhorses in my ^Fstable ^Gmstand Can ^Bbrun right ^Fspeedi^Gmly It's ^Dyou must to my ^Fstable ^Gmgo And ^Bbtake out ^Ffour for ^Gmme” They ^Dtied a horse un^Fto each ^Gmfoot And ^Bbone un^Fto each ^Gmhand They've ^Dsent them out o'er ^FElkin ^GmMoor As ^Bbfast as ^Fthey could ^Ebrun

There ^Dwas no stone on ^FElkin ^GmMoor No ^Bbbroom nor ^Fbonny ^Gmwhin But's ^Ddripping with Child ^FOwlet's ^Gmblood And ^Bbpieces ^Fof his ^Gmskin There ^Dwas no grass on ^FElkin ^GmMoor No ^Bbbroom nor ^Fbonny ^Gmrush But's ^Ddripping with Child ^FOwlet's ^Gmblood And ^Bbpieces ^Fof his ^Ebflesh