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Lakes of Shillin (Live)
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Well it's early one morning Billy Henry arose And straight to his comrade's bedchamber he goes Saying, "Rise, loving comrade, let nobody know To the dark and chilly waters a-bathing we'll go" Billy instantly stripped and then he went in And he swam the dark waters all round and around Saying, "Oh my loving comrade, oh don't you go in For I see there is a coffin in the lakes of Shillin" But the other one he stripped and then he went in And he swam the dark waters all round and around Saying, "Oh my Billy Henry, why did you go in To the dark and chilly waters in the lakes of Shillin?" Now there was an old woman who lived there close by And she went to Billy's parents and she made this reply "Well, your son he went a-bathing as I've heard him say And now your Billy Henry he's as cold as clay" So down came his mother like one in despair She's a-wringing of her hands and a-tearing of her hair Saying, "Oh my loving Billy, why did you go in To the dark and chilly waters in the lakes of Shillin?" And so down came his father like one in despair And he's a-wringing of his hands and a-tearing of his hair Saying, "I brought up a family of fine-bodied men And the best of them's drowned in the lakes of Shillin" So down came his sweetheart like one in despair She's a-wringing of her hands and a-tearing of her hair Saying, "It's six months and better till my wedding day And now my Billy Henry he's as cold as the clay" "So we'll go around to Martin's, to Martin's by the shore And we'll hire us a small boat as we've done before And we'll search the dark waters all around and all round Till we see that Billy Henry's fair body is found" So they went around to Martin's, oh to Martin's by the shore And they hired them a small boat as they'd done before And they searched the dark waters all around and all round Till they saw that Billy Henry's fair body was found And for to see Billy's funeral, 'twas such a fine sight There was six handsome young men all dressed up in white There was six pretty maidens all dressed up in green Just to show that he'd been drowned in the lakes of Shillin
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