Intro
Verse 1
Sweet William Rode Out To The Old Man's Cave
And Boldly He Did Say, Your Youngest Daughter She Must Stay At Home
But Your Eldest I'll Take Away
Verse 2
Come In Come In All Seven Of My Sons
And Guard Your Sister Round, For It'll Never Be Said That The Steward's Son
Has Taken My Daughter Out Of Town
Verse 3
Oh No Kind Sir And It's Very Kind
But I'm None Of The Steward's Sons, My Father Was A Reginer's Team
My Mother Was A Quaker's Queen
Verse 4
So He Got On His Milk White Steed
And She On A Dapple Grey, He Swung His Bugle Horn Around His Neck
And They Went Riding Away
Verse 5
They Hadn't Gone More Than A Mile Out Of Town
When He Looked Back Again, He Saw Her Father And The Seven Of Her Brothers
Come Trippling Over The Plain
Verse 6
Lie You Down Lie Down Fair Ellen Cried He
And Hold My Steed By The Reigns, Til I Fight With Your Father And The Seven Of Your Brothers
Come Trippling Over The Plain
Verse 7
So She Got Down And She Stood Right Still
Not A Word Did She Return, Til She Saw Her Father And The Seven Of Her Brothers
A-Rolling In Their Own Heart's Blood
Verse 8
Slack Your Hand Slack Your Hand, Sweet William, Cried She
For Your Wounds Are Very Sore, The Blood Runs Free From Every Vein
And Father I Can Have No More
Verse 9
So He Got On His Milk White Steed
And She On A Dapple Grey, He Swung His Bugle Horn Around His Neck
And They Went Riding Away
Verse 10
Soon They Rode Up To His Mother's Gate
And Tingling At The Ring, Oh Mother, Oh Mother Asleep Or Awake
Arise And Let Me In
Verse 11
Oh Mother, Oh Mother Come And Bind My Head
For My Wounds Are Very Sore, The Blood Runs Free From Every Vein
For Me You Will Bind It No More
Verse 12
Now About Two Hours Before It Was Day
All The Fowls Began To Crow, Sweet William Died Of The Wounds He Received
Fair Ellen Died From Sorrow
Outro
