Tamlin Ukulele tab

	  Artist : Current 93 
Title : Tamlin 

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Lady margaret, lady margaret 

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Was sowing at the seam 

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She's all dressed in black 

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And a thought came in her head to roam in the woods 

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To pull flowers to flower her hat, my boys 

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To pull flowers to flower her hat 

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So she hoisted up her petticoats a bit above the knee 

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And so nimbly she ran over the ground 
  
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And when she came to the merrygreen woods 

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She pulled those branches down, my boys 

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She pulled those branches down 

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Suddenly she spied a fine young man 

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He's standing by a tree 

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He says how dare you pull those branches down? 

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Without the leave of me, my dear 

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Without the leave of me 

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Well she says this little wood it is my very own 

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My father gave it to me 

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I can pull these branches down without the leave of thee, young man 

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Oh without the leave of thee 

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And he took her by the milk-white hand 

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And by the grass-green sleeve 

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He pulled her down at the foot of the bush 

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He never once asked her leave, my boys 

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Oh he never once asked her leave 

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And when it was done she twisted about 

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To ask her true love's name 

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But she nothing saw 

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She nothing heard 

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And all the woods grew dim 

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And all the woods grew dim 

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There's four and twenty ladies all in the land 

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And they're all playing a chess 

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Except it was the lady margaret 

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And she's green as any glass, my boys 

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Oh she's green as any glass 

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And these four-and-twenty ladies all in the land 

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Grow as red any rose 

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Except the lady margaret she's pale and wan, my boys 
         
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Oh pale and wan she goes 

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Up then spoke the little serving girl 

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She lifted her hand and smiled 

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She said i think my lady's loved too long 

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And now she goes with child, my dears 

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Oh and now she goes with child 

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Up then spoke the second serving girl 

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Oh ever and alas says she 

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But i think i know a herb in the merry green wood 

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That'll twine thy baby from thee 

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It'll rip off thy babe from thee 

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So lady margaret she got herself a comb 

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She made haste to comb her hair 
  
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And then she's away to the merry green woods 

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As fast as she can tear, my boys 

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As fast as she can tear 

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And she hadn't pulled in the merry green woods 
  
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A herb that barely won 

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When by her stands the young tamlin 
  
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He says margaret leave it alone 

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Oh margaret leave it alone 

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Why do you pull that bitter little herb 

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That herb that grows so grey 

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For to destroy that fine young baby that we got in our play, my dear 

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Oh that we got in our play 

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Well come tell me now young tamling says she 

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If an earthly man you be 

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I tell you no lies, says young tamlin 

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I was christened as good as thee 

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I was christened as good as thee 

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But as i rode a-hunting on a bitter bitter night 

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It was from my horse i fell  

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And the queen of elvin she caught me 

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Into yonder green hill to dwell 

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Oh into yonder green hill to dwell 

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But tonight is halloween lady 

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The elvin caught will ride 

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And if you would your true love win 

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By the millbridge you must hide, my dears 

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By the millbridge you must hide 

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And first will run the black horse 

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Then will the brown 

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And then will run the white 

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You hold him fast, you fear him not 

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For he's the father of your child, my love 

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He's the father of your child 

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They'll turn me on in your arms lady  

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Into many a beasts so wild 

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But you hold them fast, you fear no ill 

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It's the father of your child, my love 

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It's the father of your child 

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So lady margaret, she gets herself a comb 

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She made haste to comb her hair 

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Then she's away to the old millbrdige 
  
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As fast as she could tear, my boys 

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As fast as she could tear 

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And about the dead hour of the night she heard the bridles ring 

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Oh my boys, she had her heart more than any earthly thing it did 

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More than any earthly thing 

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And first run the black horse 

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Then the brown 

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And then raced by the white 

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Well she held it fast, she feared it not 

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For it's the father of her child 

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It's the father of her child 

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The thunderoll across the sky 
  
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The stars blazed bright as day 

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The queen of elvin gave a thrilling cry 

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Tamlin's away brave boys 

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Brave tamlin's away 

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The very first thing they turned him into 

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Is a lion that runs so wild 

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But she held him fast, she feared him not 

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He's the father of her child, my boys 

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He's the father of her child 

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And the very next thing they turned him into 

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It was a loathsome snake 
  
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He says hold me fast, fear me not 

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For i'm one of god's own make, my love 

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Oh i'm one of god's own make 

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And again they changed him all in her arms 

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To a red-hot bar of iron 

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But she held it fast, she feared it not  

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It did to her no harm 

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It did to her no harm 

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And the very last thing they changed him into 
  
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Was like any naked man 

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She flung her mantle over him 

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She cried my love i've won i've won 

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She cried my love i've won 

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But the queen of elvin she called for a bush 

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She's red as any blood 

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I should have torn out your eyes, tamlin 

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And put in two eyes of wood 

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And put in two eyes of wood