[ti:The Broomfield Hill]
[ar:A. L. Lloyd]
[al:England & Her Traditional Songs]
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[00:00.00]The Broomfield Hill - A. L. Lloyd
[00:04.93]A wager a wager with you my pretty maid
[00:09.34]Here's five hundred pound to your ten
[00:13.20]That a maid you shall go to yon merry green broom
[00:17.17]But a maid you shall no more return
[00:22.03]A wager a wager with you kind sir
[00:25.83]With your five hundred pound to my ten
[00:30.27]That a maid i will go to yon merry green broom
[00:34.68]And a maid i will boldly return
[00:39.04]Now when that she came to this merry green broom
[00:42.87]Found her true love was fast in a sleep
[00:47.21]With a fine finished rose and a new suit of clothes
[00:51.62]And a bunch of green broom at his feet
[00:56.00]Then three time she went from the crown of his head
[01:00.25]And three times from the sole of his feet
[01:04.50]And three times she kissed his red rosy cheeks
[01:08.56]As he lay fast in a sleep
[01:13.07]Then she took a gold ring from off of her hand
[01:17.22]And put that on his right thumb
[01:21.56]And that was to let her true love to know
[01:25.61]That she had been there and was gone
[01:30.37]As soon as he awoke from his drowsy drowsy sleep
[01:34.55]And found his true love had been there and gone
[01:38.61]It was then he remembered upon the cost
[01:42.84]When he thought of the wager that he'd lost
[01:47.46]Three times he called for his horse and his man
[01:51.75]The horse he'd once bought so dear
[01:55.54]Saying why didn't you wake me out of my sleep
[01:59.81]When my lady my true love was here
[02:04.13]Three times did i call to you master me dear
[02:08.77]And three times did i blow with my horn
[02:13.02]But out of your sleep i couldn't you awake
[02:16.96]Till your lady your true love was gone
[02:21.35]Oh had i been awake when my true love was here
[02:25.49]Of her i would have my will
[02:30.19]If not the pretty birds in this merry green broom
[02:34.06]With her blood they should have all had their fill