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judith weir - lady isobel and the elf-knight lyrics

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fair lady isobel sits in her bower sewing
there she heard the elf+knight blowing his h+rn

‘if i had yon h+rn that i hear blowing
and yon elf+knight to sleep in my bosom.’

the maiden had scarcely these words spoken
when in at her window the elf+knight has luppen

‘it’s a very strange matter, fair maiden’ said he
‘i canna blow my h+rn but ye call on me

but will ye go to yon greenwood side?
if ye canna gaing, i will cause you to ride’

he leapt on a horse and she on another
and they rode on to the greenwood together

‘light down, light down, fair lady isobеl’, said he
‘we are comе to the place where you are to die’

‘have mercy, have mercy kind sir on me
till once my dear father and mother i see’

‘seven king’s daughters here have i slain
and you shall be the eighth of them’
‘o sit down a while, rest your head upon my knee
that we may have some rest before i die’

she stroked him so softly the nearer he did creep;
with a small secret charm she lulled him fast asleep

with his own sword belt so softly she bound him;
with his own dagger so softly she k!lled him

- judith weir lyrics

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