10 Lord Levett

The lord he stood at his stable door, and he mounted his milk white steed
And by his side stood his own true love, there to bid him God’s speed.

Oh where are you going my Lord she cried, where are you going from me?
I’m going to a land beyond the sea strange places there to see, strange places there to see.

Well how long will you be my lord she cried, how long will you be from me?
It’ll be for the case of three short years and then I’ll return to thee,

Oh but that’s too long my lord she cried, that’s too long for me,
Its too long for true love to part, too long to be from me.
Too long to be from me.

Well he wasn’t gone scarce for a year, when a thought raged through his mind,
He dreamt about his true love at home, but he dreamt that she had died,
He dreamt that she had died

So the lord he mounted his milk white steed, and he rode to Sty.Mary’s square
And there he heard the bells ring out, and the people were mourning there,
The people were mourning there.

Oh what’s the matter the Lord he cried, what’s the matter with thee
Has any of your friends gone far from home, has any of your friends died?

Oh yes oh yes, the captain replied, the King’s only daughter is dead,
And she died for the sake of her true love gone, Lord Levett was his name
Lord Levett was his name

One of them died supposing tonight
The other one died tomorrow
And out of one there grew a rose, and out of the other a briar

And they grew and they grew and they grew so high,
they grew till they could grow no higher,
They grew and they made a sweet lover’s knot
Till the red rose covered the briar,
Till the red rose covered the briar.

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Songwriter: Dervish
Publishing & PRO: Dervish
Release Date: 2007