Martin Simpson - Waly Waly lyrics

Oh it's Waly Waly up the bank And Waly Waly down the brae And Waly waly on Burnside Where me and my love used to play I was a lady of high renown That lived in the north country Oh I was a lady of high renown When Jamie Douglas courted me As we come in to Glasgow town Oh it was a comely sight to see My lord was dressed in velvet green And I myself in cramoisi And when my eldest son was born And laid upon his nurse's knee Oh I was the happiest woman born And Jamie Douglas loved me There come a man unto our house And Jamie Lockhart was his name And it was told unto my lord That I did lie in bed with him There come another to our house And he was no good friend to me He put Jamie's shoes beneath my bed And he bad my good lord come and see Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood An ill d**h may you die You were the first and the foremost man That parted my true love and I And when my lord come to my room This great falsehood for to see Oh he turned him around all with a scowl And not one word would he say to me Come up, come up, now Jamie Douglas Come up the stair and dine with me I'll set you on a chair of gold I'll court you kindly on my knee When co*kle shells turn silver bells And fishes fly from tree to tree When frost and snow turn fire to burn It's I'll come up and dine with thee Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood An ill d**h may you die You were the first and the foremost man That parted my true love and I And when my father got the word That my lord had foresaken me He sent fifty of his brisk dragoons To carry my back to my own country It is not the frost that freezes fell Nor blowing snows in clemency 'Tis not such cold that makes me cry But my love's heart's grown cold to me You think that I am like yourself And lie with each one that I see Oh but I do swear by heavens high That I never loved a man but thee And had I wissed, when first I kissed That love had been so ill to win I'd have locked my heart in a cage of gold I'd have sealed it with a silver pin Oh Waly Waly love is bonny It's live a flower when first it's new Oh but love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like morning dew