Brian Peters - Green Broom lyrics

"A wager, a wager, a wager I'll lay you I'll lay you five thousands to your one That a maiden I will go to yon merry broom field And a maiden I'm sure I will return That a maiden I will go to yon merry broom field And a maiden I'm sure I will return." Hold the wheel! And then did this young maid get on her bay hobby's back All for to ride into that green broom And when that she got there, she found her own true love Lying in that merry green broom fast asleep And when that she got there, she found her own true love Lying in that merry green broom fast asleep Hold the wheel! Nine times did she walk round the crown of his head Nine times round the soles of his feet Nine times did she call, "Awake, master For your own true love is standing nearby!" Nine times did she call, "Awake, master For your own true love is standing nearby!" Hold the wheel! And when she had done all that she dare do She stepped behind that bunch of green broom All for to hear what her own true love would say When he awoke out of his domestic sleep All for to hear what her own true love would say When he awoke out of his domestic sleep Hold the wheel! He said, "If I had been awake, instead of being asleep My will I would have done toward of thee Your blood, it would have been spilt for those small birds to drink And your flesh, it would have been for their food Your blood, it would have been spilt for those small birds to drink And your flesh, it would have been for their food." Hold the wheel! "You hard-hearted young man, how can you say so? Your heart it must be hard as any stone! For to murder the one that loved you so well Far better than the ground that you stand on For to murder the one that loved you so well Far better than the ground that you stand on." Hold the wheel! "Nine times of this bell did I ring, master Nine times of this whip did I crack Nine times did I call, 'Awake, master For your own true love is standing nearby!' Nine times did I call, 'Awake, master For your own true love is standing nearby!'" Hold the wheel!