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catalogued by Francis James Child as Child #170
after the Bothy Band version
Death of Queen Jane, The
by trad
Queen [D] Jane [G] lay in [D] la- [G] bour
full [D] nine [G] days or [D] more
Till the [G] wo- [A7] men were so [D] ti- [A7] red,
they [D] could no longer [A] there,
They [D] could no [G] longer [D] there.
"Good women, good women, good women as you be,
Will you open my right side and find my baby,
And find my baby?"
"Oh no," cried the women, that never may be.
We will send for King Henry and hear what he may say,
and hear what he may say.
King Henry was sent for. King Henry did come.
"What do ail you, my lady? Your eyes, they look so dim,
Your eyes, they look so dim."
"King Henry, King Henry will you do one thing for me?
That's to open my right side and find my baby,
And find my baby."
"Oh no," cried King Henry, "thats a thing I'll never do,
For if I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch too,
I shall lose the branch too."
There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born,
Bur poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as a stone,
Lay cold as a stone.
full [D] nine [G] days or [D] more
Till the [G] wo- [A7] men were so [D] ti- [A7] red,
they [D] could no longer [A] there,
They [D] could no [G] longer [D] there.
"Good women, good women, good women as you be,
Will you open my right side and find my baby,
And find my baby?"
"Oh no," cried the women, that never may be.
We will send for King Henry and hear what he may say,
and hear what he may say.
King Henry was sent for. King Henry did come.
"What do ail you, my lady? Your eyes, they look so dim,
Your eyes, they look so dim."
"King Henry, King Henry will you do one thing for me?
That's to open my right side and find my baby,
And find my baby."
"Oh no," cried King Henry, "thats a thing I'll never do,
For if I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch too,
I shall lose the branch too."
There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born,
Bur poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as a stone,
Lay cold as a stone.