Tam Lin

(intro)


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(verso 1)
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I forbid  you Maidens all
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That wear gold in your hair
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  To travel to  Cartehaugh
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For young Tam Lin is there


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(verso 2 - chords as before)

None that go by Cartehaugh
But they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green
Or else their maidenhead


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(verso 3 - chords as before)

Janet tied her kirtle green
A bit above her knee
And she's gone to Cartehaugh
As fast as go can she


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(verso 3 - same chords but use "Low" versions)

She'd not pulled a double rose
A rose but only two
When up there came young Tam Lin
Says "Lady, pull no more"


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(verso 4 - same chords, but a few more strums per chord)

And why come you to Cartehaugh
Without command from me?
I'll come and go, young Janet said
And ask no leave of thee


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(verso 5 - same chords, enter Swarb on fiddle)

Janet tied her kirtle green
A bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father
As fast as go can she


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(verso 6 - same chords)

Well, up then spoke her father dear
And he spoke meek and mild
Oh, and alas, Janet, he said
I think you go with child


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(verso 6 - same chords)

Well, if that be so, Janet said,
myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall
shall get the baby's name