English & Other 170. The Death of Queen Jane
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Death of Queen Jane- Baring Gould Collection: Taken down from Sam Fone 28th March 1893. He said that there were more verses but he could not remember them. K3 p7 No 395
1 Queen Jane O! Queen Jane O! What a lady was she
And she was in labour six weeks and a day.
Queen Jane was in labour for six weeks and more
Till the women grew weary and fain would give o’er.
“O women! O women! Good women if ye be
Go send for King Henry and bring him to me”
2 King Henry was sent for, and to her he came
“Dear Lady! Fair Lady! your eyes look so dim”
King Henry came to her he came in all speed
In a gown of red velvet from the heel to the head
“King Henry! King Henry! If kind you will be
Send for a good doctor and let him come to me”
3 The doctor was sent for he came with all speed
In a gown of black velvet from the heel to the head
The doctor was sent fro and to her he came
“Dear Lady! Fair Lady! Your labour is vain”
Dear Doctor! Dear Doctor! Will you do this for me
O open up my right side and save my baby”
4 Then out spoke King Henry “That never can be
I’d rather lose the branches than the top of the tree”
The doctor gave a caudle - the death sleep slept she
Then her right side was opened and the baby set free
The babe it was christened and put out and nursed
But the royal Queen Jane she lay cold in the dust