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The king has been a prisoner And a prisoner long in Spain And Willie of the Winsbury Has lain long with his daughter at home What ails, what ails, my daughter? That you look so pale and wan Or have you had the sickness Or been sleeping with a man Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown Stand naked on the stone So I may know you by your shape You can be a maiden or no Was it with a lord, a duke or knight Or a man of birth and fame Or was it with one of my serving men Lately out of Spain? Now the king has called on his merry men By thirty and by three Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury For hanged he shall be But when he came the king before He was clad all in red silk His hair was like hooden strands His skin was as white as milk, oh "It is no wonder" said the king That my daughter's love you did win For if I were a woman My bedfellow you would have been Oh, will you marry my daughter By the truth of your right hand Oh yes, I will marry your daughter But I'll not be the lord of your land He's mounted her on a milk-white steed And himself on a dapple grey He made her the lady of as much land She shall ride in a long summer's day
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