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May Colven lyrics

False Sir John's a wooing gone

To a maid o' beauty fair

May Colven was this lady's name

Her faither's only heir

He woo'd her butt, he woo'd her ben

He woo'd her in the ha'

Until he got this lady's consent

To mount and ride awa

They went doon to her faither's bower

Where all the steeds did stand

And he's ta'en yin o' the best steeds there

Right frae her faither's hands

He's got on and she's got on

As fast as they could flflee

Until they've come tae a lonesome part

A rock by the side o' the sea

Higher rose the tide and faster he did ride

Loup offff the steed says false Sir John

Your bridal bed you see

For it's seeven ladies I hae drooned

And the eighth yin ye shall be

Cast offff, cast offff May Colven

A' and your silken gown

For it's o'er guid and o'er costly

To rot in the salt sea foam

Weel turn ye aboot then false Sir John

Look to the leaf o' the tree

For it ne'er becam a gentleman

A naked woman to see

So he turned himself straight roon' aboot

To look to the leaf o' the tree

So swift as May Colven was

She pushed him in the sea

O help, o help May Colven

O help or else I'll droon

An' I'll tak ye back tae yer faither's boo'er

And set you safe and soond

Nae help, nae help o' false Sir John

Nae help nor pity for thee

For it's seeven king's daughters ye hae drooned

And the eighth yin'll no be me

So she louped onto her faither's steed

As swift as she could flflee

And she got hame tae her faither's bower

Afore the break o' day

Higher rose the tide and faster she did ride

Higher rose the tide and faster she did ride

Up then spak her pretty parrot

May Colven whaur hae ye been?

And what's become o' false Sir John

That woo'ed ye late yestreen?

O hold yer tongue my pretty bird

Lay not the blame on me

And yer cup shall be o' the guid red gowd

And yer cage o' the root o' tree

Up then spak the king himself

Frae the chamber whaur he lay

What ails thee May Colven's bird

That prattles sae lang the day?

Well there cam a cat tae my cage door

It nearly worried me

And I was calling on May Colven

Tae tak the cat frae me