THE TWO The lady sits at her own door As straight as a wand And by there come a lusty his hammer in his hand Crying bide lady For there's a nowhere you can For the smith will be your love And he lay your pride. Why do you sit lady fair All in robes of red I'll come tomorrow at this time And you in me bed . . . Away away you black smith Would you do me this For to think to me maiden head That I kept so long I'd rather I was dead and And me laid in the grave Than a lusty, dusty, coal smith Me head should have . . . So the lady, she curled up her And swore the mold That he'd not her maiden head For all of a pot of gold. But the he curled up his hand And he swore the mast That he would have her maiden For the of that or less . . . So the she turned into a dove And up into the air Ah, but he became an old cock And flew pair and pair . . . So the lady she turned into a As as the night was black Ah, but he became a saddle And he clumb upon to her . . . So the lady she turned into a And ran all the plane Ah, but he a greyhound dog And ran her down . . . So the lady she turned a fly And fluttered up the air Ah, but he a big, hairy spider And dragged her into his . . . So the lady she turned a sheep on yon common Ah, but he a big horny ram And he was upon her. . . . So she turned into a dress ship And she sailed all 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 a lightning flash And right into her . . . So she turned into a mulberry A mulberry tree in the Ah, but he forth as the morning dew And sprinkled her she stood. . . . So the lady she ran into the And she into a bed Ah, but he became a green And he gained her maiden And once she he took her so And he bad her bide And the lusty smith her love For all of her pride. This song is a derivative of Child Ballad 44, a tune by A. L. Lloyd. It was recorded by Roberts & Tony Barrand on Ships in the Forest, Folk Legacy 65 in the key of C. also by Frankie Armstrong on Bird in the and by Carthy #44 filename[ DC ===DOCUMENT