Tam Lin - BBC Session - Top Gear 27/9/69 Lyrics
| Song | Tam Lin - BBC Session - Top Gear 27/9/69 |
| Artist | Fairport Convention |
| Album | Live At The BBC |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 作词 : Traditional | |
| I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair | |
| To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there | |
| None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge | |
| Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two | |
| When up then came young Tam Lin, says "Lady, pull no more" | |
| "And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?" | |
| "I'll come and go", young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she | |
| Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild | |
| "Oh, and alas, Janet," he said, "I think you go with child" | |
| "Well, if that be so," Janet said, "myself shall bear the blame | |
| There's not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby's name" | |
| For if my love were an earthly knight as he is an elfin grey | |
| I'd not change my own true love for any knight you have" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| "Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin," she said, "why came you here to dwell?" | |
| "The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell | |
| And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell | |
| I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself | |
| But tonight is Hallowe'en and the faerie folk ride | |
| Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must bide | |
| First let past the horses black and then let past the brown | |
| Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down | |
| For I'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town | |
| For I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown | |
| Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake | |
| But hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby's father | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold | |
| But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight | |
| But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight" | |
| In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring | |
| She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win | |
| Then up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she | |
| "Woe betide her ill-fought face, an ill death may she die" | |
| "Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, "what this night I did see | |
| I'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree" |
| zuo ci : Traditional | |
| I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair | |
| To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there | |
| None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge | |
| Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| She' d not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two | |
| When up then came young Tam Lin, says " Lady, pull no more" | |
| " And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?" | |
| " I' ll come and go", young Janet said, " and ask no leave of thee" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to her father as fast as go can she | |
| Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild | |
| " Oh, and alas, Janet," he said, " I think you go with child" | |
| " Well, if that be so," Janet said, " myself shall bear the blame | |
| There' s not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby' s name" | |
| For if my love were an earthly knight as he is an elfin grey | |
| I' d not change my own true love for any knight you have" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| " Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin," she said, " why came you here to dwell?" | |
| " The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell | |
| And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell | |
| I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself | |
| But tonight is Hallowe' en and the faerie folk ride | |
| Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must bide | |
| First let past the horses black and then let past the brown | |
| Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down | |
| For I' ll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town | |
| For I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown | |
| Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake | |
| But hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby' s father | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold | |
| But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight | |
| But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight" | |
| In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring | |
| She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win | |
| Then up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she | |
| " Woe betide her illfought face, an ill death may she die" | |
| " Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, " what this night I did see | |
| I' d have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree" |
| zuò cí : Traditional | |
| I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair | |
| To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there | |
| None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge | |
| Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| She' d not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two | |
| When up then came young Tam Lin, says " Lady, pull no more" | |
| " And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?" | |
| " I' ll come and go", young Janet said, " and ask no leave of thee" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to her father as fast as go can she | |
| Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild | |
| " Oh, and alas, Janet," he said, " I think you go with child" | |
| " Well, if that be so," Janet said, " myself shall bear the blame | |
| There' s not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby' s name" | |
| For if my love were an earthly knight as he is an elfin grey | |
| I' d not change my own true love for any knight you have" | |
| Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee | |
| And she' s gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she | |
| " Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin," she said, " why came you here to dwell?" | |
| " The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell | |
| And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell | |
| I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself | |
| But tonight is Hallowe' en and the faerie folk ride | |
| Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must bide | |
| First let past the horses black and then let past the brown | |
| Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down | |
| For I' ll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town | |
| For I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown | |
| Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake | |
| But hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby' s father | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold | |
| But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child | |
| And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight | |
| But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight" | |
| In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring | |
| She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win | |
| Then up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she | |
| " Woe betide her illfought face, an ill death may she die" | |
| " Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, " what this night I did see | |
| I' d have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree" |
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