Sheet Music: Child No. 11. The Cruel Brother
[For now I'm putting random versions with digital sheet music in approximate chronological order. I'll sort out later.]
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The Cruel Brother- Barry 1908 Boston
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The Cruel Brother- Barry 1908 Boston
1. 'Three Ladies played at cup and ball, -
(With a hey! and my lily gay!)
Three Knights there came among them all.
(The rose it smells so sweetly!)
2. And one of them was dressed in green, -
He asked me to be his queen.
3. And one of them was dressed in yellow, -
He asked me to be his fellow.
4. And one of them was dressed in red,-
He asked me with him to wed.
5. "But you must ask my father the King,
And you must ask my mother the Queen, -
6. "And you must ask my sister Anne,
And you must ask my brother John."
7. "Oh, I have asked your father the King,
And I have asked your mother the Queen, -
8. "And I have asked your sister Anne,
And I have asked your brother John."
9. Her father led her down the stairs,
Her mother led her down the hall.
10. Her sister Anne led her down the walk,
Her brother John put her on her horse.
11. And as she stooped to give him a kiss,
He stuck a penknife into her breast.
12. "Ride up, ride up, my foremost man!
Methinks my lady looks pale and wan!"
13. "Oh what will you leave to your father the King?"
"The golden coach that I ride in."
14. "And what will you leave to your mother the Queen?"
"The golden chair that I sat in."
15. "And what will you leave to your sister Anne?"
"My silver brooch and golden fan."
16. "And what will you leave to your brother John?"
"A pair of gallows to hang him on."
17. "And what will you leave to your brother John's wife?"
"Grief and misfortune all her life."