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Green Broom Lyrics by Brian Peters

Songs of Trial and Triumph

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"A wager, a wager, a wager I'll lay you
I'll lay you five thousands to your one
That a maiden I will go to yon merry broom field
And a maiden I'm sure I will return
That a maiden I will go to yon merry broom field
And a maiden I'm sure I will return."
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And then did this young maid get on her bay hobby's back
All for to ride into that green broom
And when that she got there, she found her own true love
Lying in that merry green broom fast asleep
And when that she got there, she found her own true love
Lying in that merry green broom fast asleep
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Nine times did she walk round the crown of his head
Nine times round the soles of his feet
Nine times did she call, "Awake, master
For your own true love is standing nearby!"
Nine times did she call, "Awake, master
For your own true love is standing nearby!"
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And when she had done all that she dare do
She stepped behind that bunch of green broom
All for to hear what her own true love would say
When he awoke out of his domestic sleep
All for to hear what her own true love would say
When he awoke out of his domestic sleep
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He said, "If I had been awake, instead of being asleep
My will I would have done toward of thee
Your blood, it would have been spilt for those small birds to drink
And your flesh, it would have been for their food
Your blood, it would have been spilt for those small birds to drink
And your flesh, it would have been for their food."
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"You hard-hearted young man, how can you say so?
Your heart it must be hard as any stone!
For to murder the one that loved you so well
Far better than the ground that you stand on
For to murder the one that loved you so well
Far better than the ground that you stand on."
Hold the wheel!
"Nine times of this bell did I ring, master
Nine times of this whip did I crack
Nine times did I call, 'Awake, master
For your own true love is standing nearby!'
Nine times did I call, 'Awake, master
For your own true love is standing nearby!'"
Hold the wheel!
Credits
Brian Peters

Brian Peters

About “Green Broom” by Brian Peters

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"Green Broom" appears on "Songs of Trial and Triumph".

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