THE TWO The lady sits at her own front As straight as a wand And by there a lusty smith With his hammer in his Crying lady bide For there's a nowhere you can For the lusty smith will be your And he will lay pride. Why do you sit lady fair All in your of red I'll tomorrow at this same time And you in me bed . . . Away away you coal black Would you do me this For to to have me maiden head I have kept so long I'd rather I was and cold And me body in the grave Than a lusty, dusty, coal smith Me maiden head should . . . So the lady, she curled up her And swore upon the That not have her maiden head For all of a pot of gold. But the blacksmith he curled up his And he upon the mast That he would have her head For the of that or less . . . So the she turned into a dove And up into the air Ah, but he an old cock pigeon And flew pair and pair . . . So the lady she turned a mare As dark as the night was Ah, but he became a saddle And he clumb upon to her . . . So the she turned into a hare And ran all the plane Ah, but he a greyhound dog And ran her down . . . So the lady she into a fly And up into the air Ah, but he became a big, hairy And dragged her into his . . . So the lady she turned a sheep Grazing on yon Ah, but he became a big ram And he was upon her. . . . So she turned into a full ship And she all over the sea Ah, but he a bold captain And aboard of her he . . . So the she turned into a cloud Floating in the air Ah, but he became a flash And zipped right her . . . So she into a mulberry tree A mulberry tree in the Ah, but he came forth as the dew And her where she stood. . . . So the lady she ran the bedroom And she changed a bed Ah, but he became a coverlet And he her maiden head And she woke he took her so And still he bad her And the smith became her love For all of her pride. This song is a derivative of Child Ballad 44, with a by A. L. Lloyd. It was recorded by John Roberts & Barrand on Dark Ships in the Forest, Legacy 65 in the key of C. also by Frankie Armstrong on Bird in the Bush and by #44 filename[ DC BOUNDARY===