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Lord Lovel he stood at his castle gate,
A-combing his milk-white steed;
When along came Lady Nancy Bell,
A-wishing her lover good speed,
A-wishing her lover good speed.
`O where are you going, Lord Lovel?` she said,
`O where are you going?` said she;
`I`m going, my dear Nancy Bell,
Strange countries for to see.`
`O when will you be back, Lord Lovel?` she said,
`O when will you be back?` said she.
`In a year or two or three at the least
I`ll return to my Lady Nancy.`
He hadn`t been gone but a year and a day,
Strange countries for to see,
When a languishing thought came into his mind,
Lady Nancy Bell he must see.
He rode and he rode upon his white steed,
Till he came to London Town;
And there he heard St. Varner`s bell,
And the people all mourning round.
`Is anybody dead?` Lord Lovel he said,
`Is anybody dead?` said he.
`A lord`s daughter`s dead,` a lady replied,
`And some call her Lady Nancy.`
He ordered the grave to be opened forthwith
And the shroud to be folded down;
And there he kissed the clay-cold lips,
Till the tears came trinkling down.
Lady Nancy she died as she might be to-day
Lord Lovel he died to-morrow
And out of her bosom there grew a red rose
And out of Lord Lovel`s a briar
They grew and they grew till they reached the church top
And there they couldn`t grow any higher
And there they twined in a true lover`s knot
Which true lovers always admire.
Child #75
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Collected from Blanche Satterfield in 1915
Printed in Folk-songs of the South
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