THE TWO The sits at her own front door As as a willow wand And by come a lusty smith 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 fair All in robes 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 think to have me head I have kept so long I'd rather I was dead and And me laid in the grave Than a lusty, dusty, coal black 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 curled up his And he swore the mast That he would her maiden 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 and pair . . . So the lady she turned into a As as the night was black Ah, but he became a saddle And he upon to her back . . . So the she turned into a hare And ran all the plane Ah, but he a greyhound dog And ran her again . . . So the lady she turned a fly And up into the air Ah, but he became a big, hairy And her into his lair . . . So the lady she turned a sheep on yon common Ah, but he became a big ram And he was upon her. . . . So she turned into a full dress And she sailed all the sea Ah, but he became a captain And of her went he . . . So the lady she into a cloud Floating in the air Ah, but he became a flash And zipped right her . . . So she turned into a mulberry A mulberry in the wood Ah, but he came forth as the 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 head And once she woke he her so And he bad her bide And the lusty smith her love For all of her pride. This song is a derivative of Ballad 44, with 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 in the Bush and by Carthy #44 filename[ DC BOUNDARY===