The Fureys - Lord lovell

[Verse 1] And by there came Lady Nancy Belle For to wish her lover good speed For to wish her lover good speed [Verse 2] O where are you going Lord Lovell, she said And where are you going, said she I'm going away Lady Nancy Belle Strange countries for to see Strange countries for to see [Verse 3] But they had not been gone for a year and a day Strange countries for to see When languishing thoughts came to his head Lady Nancy Belle he would see Lady Nancy Belle he would see [Verse 4] So he's mounted him up on his milk white steed And he's rode to fair Dublin town And there he has heard St. Christ Church bells And people all standing around And people all standing around [Verse 5] What is the matter, Lord Lovell he said And what is the matter, said he A Lord's Lady is dead, a woman replied Some called her Lady Nancy Some called her Lady Nancy [Verse 6] So he's ordered the grave to be opened wide And he's ordered the blanket to be turned down And there he has kissed her clay cold lips And tears came trickeling down And tears came trickeling down. [Verse 7] Lord Lovell was buried in St. Christ Church yard Lady Nancy was buried in the choir And out of her bossom there grew a red rose And out of Lord Lovell's a briar And out of Lord Lovell's a briar