Maddy Prior - Hind Horn lyrics

Young Hind Horn to the King's is gone Hey lililu and ho ho lan He fell in love with the King's daughter Jean With a hey down, hey diddle downy She gave him a gay gold ring With three bright diamonds glittering When this ring grows pale and blue Then my love is lost to you He hoisted his sails and went to sea Spent seven years in a far country One day he's looked his ring upon It grew pale and it grew wan Young Hind Horn is come to land There he met an old beggar man What news, what news come tell to me No news but our queen's wedding day Will you give me your old brown cap? And I'll give you my gold laced hat Will you give me your begging weeds And I'll give you my good grey steed The old beggar man goes dressed so fine And young Hind Horn like an old beggar man When he came to the king's gate He asked for drink and he asked for meat He asked for the sake of St. Peter and Paul He asked for the sake of young Hind Horn The bride came tripping down the stair With combs of red gold shining in her hair With a gla** of red wine in her hand To give to the poor old beggar man And he has drunk up all the wine And into the cup he's dropped the ring Came ye this by sea or land? Or got ye't off a dead man's hand? I got it not by sea or land? But I got it off your very own hand The bridegroom he comes down the stair But neither bride nor beggar was there The bridegroom had her first to wed But young Hind Horn had her first to bed