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 lady bide For there's a nowhere you can For the smith will be your love And he lay your pride. Why do you sit there lady All in your of red I'll come tomorrow at this time And you in me bed . . . Away away you coal black you do me this wrong For to think to have me maiden That I have so long I'd rather I was and cold And me laid in the grave a lusty, dusty, coal black 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 blacksmith he curled up his And he upon the mast That he would have her head For the half of or less . . . So the lady she turned a dove And up into the air Ah, but he became an old cock And they flew pair and . . . So the lady she into a mare As dark as the night was Ah, but he became a saddle And he clumb to her back . . . So the lady she into a hare And ran all the plane Ah, but he a greyhound dog And ran her again . . . So the she turned into a fly And fluttered up the air Ah, but he became a big, spider And dragged her his lair . . . So the lady she turned into a on yon common Ah, but he a big horny ram And he was upon her. . . . So she turned into a dress ship And she all over the sea Ah, but he a bold captain And of her went he . . . So the lady she turned into a Floating in the air Ah, but he became a lightning And zipped into her . . . So she into a mulberry tree A mulberry tree in the Ah, but he forth as the morning dew And sprinkled her she stood. . . . So the she ran into the bedroom And she into a bed Ah, but he became a coverlet And he gained her head And once she woke he her so And still he bad her And the lusty smith her love For all of her pride. This is a derivative of Child Ballad 44, with a tune by A. L. Lloyd. It was by John Roberts & 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 BOUNDARY===