Song Lyrics Unknown - Thomas The Rhymer    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Thomas The Rhymer Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Thomas The Rhymer Theme ID: 5703 Album: N/A THOMAS THE RHYMER True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank A fairy he spied with his e'e And there he saw a lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree Her skirt was of the grass green silk Her mantle of the velvet fine At each tett of her horse's mane Hung fifty silver bells and nine True Thomas, he pulled off his cap And bowed low down to his knee All hail, thou mighty Queen of Heaven For thy peer on earth I never did see Oh no, oh no, Thomas, she said That name does not belong to me I am but the Queen of fair Elfland That am hither come to visit thee Harp and carp, Thomas, she said Harp and carp along with me And if you dare to kiss my lips Sure of your body I will be Betide me well, betide me woe That weird shall never daunton me Syne he has kissed her rosy lips All underneath the Eildon Tree Now, ye maun go with me, she said True Thomas, ye maun go with me And ye maun serve me seven years Though weal and woe, as may chance to be She mounted on her milk white steed She's taken True Thomas up behind And aye whenever her bridle rang The steed flew swifter than the wind Oh they rode on, and further on The steed gaed swifter than the wind Until they reached a desert wide And living land was left behind Light down, light down now, true Thomas And lean you head upon my knee Abide and rest a little space And I will show you ferlies three Oh, see you not yon narrow road So thick beset with thorn and briars That is the path of righteousness Though after it but few enquire And see you not that broad, broad road That lies across that lily leven That is the path of wickedness Though some call it the road to Heaven And see you not that bonnie road That winds about the fernie brae That is the road to fair Elfland Where thou and I this night maun gae But Thomas, you must hold your tongue Whatever you may hear or see For if you speak word in Elfin land You'll ne'er get back to you ain country Then they came on to a garden green And she pulled an apple frae a tree Take this for thy wages, True Thomas It will give the tongue that can never lie My tongue is my own, True Thomas said A goodly gift you would give to me I neither dought to buy or sell At fair or tryst where I may be I dought neither speak to prince nor peer Nor ask of grace from fair lady Now hold thy peace, the lady said For as I say, so it must be He has gotten a coat of the even cloth And a pair of shoes of velvet green And till seven years were gone and past True Thomas on earth was never seen ____________ Child #37 Collected by Child and Scott @ballad @myth @magic filename[ TOMRHYM SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Through The Years, Thyme It Is A Precious Thing, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Timber Jerry The Mule, Time Came Down, Time Has Made A Change In Me, Time Ive Lost In Wooing, Time O Year For Dippin Sheep, Time To Be Made A Wife, Time Will Show The Wiser, Times Are Getting Hard Boys, Times They Are A Changing, Tinker, Tinkers Courtship, Titanic, To Anacreon In Heaven, To Morrow, To The Beggin I Will Go, To The Sweet Sunny South, Tobaccos But An Indian Weed, Today, Tom Bolyn, Tom Cat Blues Or Ring Tail Tom, Tom Dooley, Tom Twist, Tommys Gone To Hilo, Tonga Anthem Text, Tonga Native Anthem Text, Tonight, Too Much Of A Name, Tooalooralooral, Topman And Afterguard, Touch Me, Tourist Attraction, Town I Loved So Well, Train On The Island, Tramp, Tramp On The Street, Tramp Tramp Tramp, Tramps And Hawkers, Trinidad Tobago Anthem Text, Trooper And The Maid, Trooper And The Turk, Tropical Jesus, Truck Driving Woman, True Thomas, Truth From Above, Trying Times, Tshotsholosa, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy