Queen Jane lay in labour full nine days or more
Till the women were so tired, they could stay no longer there,
Till the women were so tired, they could stay no longer there.
"Good women, good women, good women as ye be,
Do you open up my right side to find my baby,
Do you open up my right side and find my baby."
"Oh no," says the women, "that never may be,
We will send for King Henry we will hear what he say,
We will send for King Henry and hear what he say."
King Henry was sent, for King Henry he did come:
"What do ail you, my lady, for your eyes look so dim?
What do ail you, my lady, your eyes look so dim?"
"King Henry, King Henry, will you do one thing for me?
Will you open up my right side and find my baby?
Will you open up my right side and find my baby?"
"Oh no," says King Henry, "it's a thing I'll never do.
If I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch too,
If I lose the flower of England, I'll lose the branch too."
King Henry went mourning, and so did his men,
And so did the dear baby, Queen Jane did die then,
And so did the dear baby, Queen Jane did die then.
How deep was their mourning, how black were the bands,
How yellow, yellow were the flamboys that they carried in their hands,
How yellow, yellow were the flamboys they carried in their hands.
There was fiddling, there was dancing on the day the babe was born,
But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as any stone,
But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as any stone.