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SIR JAMES THE ROSE
Oh, [G]have you heard Sir James the Rose, the [D]young heir of Loch
Lagen
For [Am]he has killed a [Em]gallant squire, and his [C]friends are
[G]out to [D]slay him
And [G]he's gone to the house of Meagher*, the [D]nurse there did befriend
him
And [Am]he's gone u[Em]pon his knee and [C]begged for [G]her to [D]hide
him
[G]Where ye going Sir [C]James she [G]said, where now are you riding
Oh [C]I am [G]bound for a [G]foreign [Em]land, for [C]now I'm [D]on
the [G]hiding
CHORUS
[C]Where shall I [G]go, [C]where shall I [G]run
[C]Where shall I [G]go for to [D]hide me
[C]For [G]I have [D]killed a [G]gallant [C]squire
And they're [G]seeking [D]for to [C]slay [G]me
Then she turned him right and round about, and rolled him in the bracken
And he has gone to take a sleep in the lowlands of Loch Lagen
He had not well gone out of sight, nor had he passed Mill Sprechen
When four and twenty belted knights came riding up the meadow
Have you seen Sir James they said, the young heir of Loch Lagen
For he has killed a gallant squire and we're sent for to slay him
CHORUS
If you seek the bank above the mill in the lowlands of Loch Lagen
It's there you'll find Sir James the Rose sleeping in the bracken
You must not wake him out of sleep, nor must you affright him
Just run a dart right through his heart and through the body pierce
him
They sought the bank above the mill in the lowland of Loch Lagen
And there they found Sir James the Rose sleeping in the bracken
CHORUS
Then up spoke Sir John the Graham who had the charge of keeping
Twill never be said dear gentlemen we slew him while he's sleeping
They took his broadsword out his tart and closely him surrounded
And when he woke up from his sleep, his senses were confounded
Now they've taken out his heart, stuck it on a spear
They took it to the house of Meagher and they gave it to his dear
CHORUS
* pronounced "Marr"
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