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King Orfeo Alva (The Child Ballads)

There was a king lived in the east,

—Scowan ürla grün

There lived a lady in the west,

—Whar giorten han grün oarlac

This king he has a hunting gone,

—Scowan ürla grün

He’s left his Lady Isabel alone.

—Whar giorten han grün oarlac

’O I wish you’d never gone away,

For at your home is dull and wae,

for the king of Faerie with his dart,

has pierced your lady to the heart.’

And after them the king has gone,

But when he came it was a grey stone,

Then he took out this pipes to play,

But sore his heart was dull and wae.

And first he’s played the notes of noy,

And then he’s played the notes of joy,

And then he’s played a good gabber reel

That might have made a sick heart heal.

’Now come you in into our hall,

And come you in among us all’,

Then he’s gone in into their hall,

And he’s gone in among them all.

Then he’s took out his pipes to play,

But sore his heart was dull and wae,

And first he’s played the notes of noy,

And then he’s played the notes of joy,

And then he’s played a good gabber reel

That might have made a sick heart heal.

’Now tell to us what you will have

What shall we give you for your play?’

’What I will have I will ye tell

And that’s my Lady Isabel’.

’You take your lady and you go home,

And you’ll be king of all you’re own.’

He’s taken his lady, and he’s gone home,

And now he’s king of all his own.