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A folk tune of Brittish or Scottish origins...

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Lady Margaret sitting in her high hall door,
Combing her long yellow hair,
She saw sweet William and his new-made bride
Riding from the church so near.

She throwed down her ivory comb,
She throwed back her long yellow hair,
Said "I'll go down an bid 'em farewell
and never more go there."

It was all lately in the night,
when they were fast asleep
Lady Margaret appeared all dressed in white
Standing at their bed feet.

"How do you like your pillow?" says she.
"How do you like your sheet?"
"And how do you like that fair young maiden,
Lying in your arms asleep?"

"Very well do I like my pillow" says he.
"Much better do I like my sheet."
"But better do I like that fair young lady
Standing at my bed feet."

Once he kissed her lilly white hand,
Twice he kissed her cheek,
Three times he kissed her cold corpsey lips
And fell in her arms asleep.

Is Lady Margaret in her room,
Or is she in the hall?
No, Lady Margaret's in her cold black coffin,
Face turned to the wall.

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from Fitcher's Bird and Other Tales of the Macabre, released October 26, 2011

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Forest Mountain Hymnal Nashville, Tennessee

Forest Mountain Hymnal (Jonathan and Rebecca Moody) is the result of our passion for folk music, fables, and the natural world in which we grew up, both in Nashville, Tennessee and Sewanee, Tennessee at the University of the South. We hope, with our music, to celebrate love, nature, peace, and community. ... more

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