IntroVerse 1Sweet William Rode Out To The Old Man's CaveAnd Boldly He Did Say, Your Youngest Daughter She Must Stay At HomeBut Your Eldest I'll Take AwayVerse 2Come In Come In All Seven Of My SonsAnd Guard Your Sister Round, For It'll Never Be Said That The Steward's SonHas Taken My Daughter Out Of TownVerse 3Oh No Kind Sir And It's Very KindBut I'm None Of The Steward's Sons, My Father Was A Reginer's TeamMy Mother Was A Quaker's QueenVerse 4So He Got On His Milk White SteedAnd She On A Dapple Grey, He Swung His Bugle Horn Around His NeckAnd They Went Riding AwayVerse 5They Hadn't Gone More Than A Mile Out Of TownWhen He Looked Back Again, He Saw Her Father And The Seven Of Her BrothersCome Trippling Over The PlainVerse 6Lie You Down Lie Down Fair Ellen Cried HeAnd Hold My Steed By The Reigns, Til I Fight With Your Father And The Seven Of Your BrothersCome Trippling Over The PlainVerse 7So She Got Down And She Stood Right StillNot A Word Did She Return, Til She Saw Her Father And The Seven Of Her BrothersA-Rolling In Their Own Heart's BloodVerse 8Slack Your Hand Slack Your Hand, Sweet William, Cried SheFor Your Wounds Are Very Sore, The Blood Runs Free From Every VeinAnd Father I Can Have No MoreVerse 9So He Got On His Milk White SteedAnd She On A Dapple Grey, He Swung His Bugle Horn Around His NeckAnd They Went Riding AwayVerse 10Soon They Rode Up To His Mother's GateAnd Tingling At The Ring, Oh Mother, Oh Mother Asleep Or AwakeArise And Let Me InVerse 11Oh Mother, Oh Mother Come And Bind My HeadFor My Wounds Are Very Sore, The Blood Runs Free From Every VeinFor Me You Will Bind It No MoreVerse 12Now About Two Hours Before It Was DayAll The Fowls Began To Crow, Sweet William Died Of The Wounds He ReceivedFair Ellen Died From SorrowOutro
