THE TWO The lady sits at her own front As straight as a willow And by there come a smith With his hammer in his Crying bide bide For there's a nowhere you can For the lusty smith will be your And he will lay pride. Why do you sit there lady All in robes of red I'll come tomorrow at this same And you in me bed . . . Away you coal black smith Would you do me this For to think to me maiden head That I have so long I'd rather I was dead and And me body laid in the a lusty, dusty, coal black smith Me maiden should have . . . So the lady, she curled up her And upon the mold That he'd not have her head For all of a pot of gold. But the blacksmith he up his hand And he upon the mast That he would her maiden head 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 she turned into a mare As dark as the was black Ah, but he became a golden And he clumb to her back . . . So the lady she turned a hare And ran all the plane Ah, but he became a dog And ran her again . . . So the lady she into a fly And up into the air Ah, but he became a big, spider And dragged her his lair . . . 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 became a bold And of her went he . . . So the lady she into a cloud away in the air Ah, but he became a flash And zipped right her . . . So she into a mulberry tree A mulberry in the wood Ah, but he came as the morning dew And her where she stood. . . . So the lady she ran the bedroom And she changed a bed Ah, but he a green coverlet And he gained her maiden 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 44, with a tune by A. L. Lloyd. It was recorded by John & Tony Barrand on Dark Ships in the Forest, Legacy 65 in the key of C. also by Frankie Armstrong on Bird in the and by Carthy #44 filename[ DC ===DOCUMENT