The Elfin Knight-Ewan MacColl/Peggy Seeger

[ti:The Elfin Knight] [ar:Ewan MacColl/Peggy Seeger] [al:Classic Scots Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Elfin Knight - Ewan MacColl/Peggy Seeger [00:04.63]There stands three trumpeters on yon hill [00:08.54] [00:09.19]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [00:13.37]Blaw their trumpets sae loud and shrill [00:17.51]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [00:22.72] [00:25.24]Gin I'd his trumpet in my kist [00:28.93] [00:29.65]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [00:33.69]And were in the lad's arms that I like best [00:37.78]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [00:41.76] [00:45.61]Gin ye would be wed wi' me [00:49.00] [00:49.60]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [00:53.85]There's ae thing ye maun dae for me [00:57.68]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [01:03.23] [01:05.63]I maun hae a fine linen sark [01:09.17] [01:09.76]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [01:13.90]Without a stitch o' needlewark [01:17.82]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [01:22.88] [01:25.57]Ye maun wash it in yon draw well [01:28.86] [01:29.56]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [01:33.55]Where water never sprang nor fell [01:37.52]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [01:43.28] [01:45.48]Ye maun drt't on yon hawthorn [01:48.88] [01:49.58]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [01:53.60]That hasna seen blossom since man was born [01:57.44]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [02:02.36] [02:04.98]Gin I mak'a sark for thee [02:08.98]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [02:13.13]There's ae thing ye maun tae me dae [02:17.08]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [02:22.54] [02:24.60]My faither has an acre o' land [02:28.09] [02:28.85]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [02:32.63]Ye maun ploo it wi' your ae hand [02:36.91]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [02:41.40] [02:44.76]Ye maun sow it wantin' corn [02:47.91] [02:48.74]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [02:52.53]And roll it wi' a sheep's shank bone [02:56.42]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [03:01.30] [03:04.14]Ye maun shear it wi' a scythe o' leather [03:07.50] [03:08.12]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [03:12.02]And bind it wi' a peacock's feather [03:16.32]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [03:20.62] [03:23.72]Ye maun stook it in the sea [03:27.55]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [03:31.47]And bring the whaetsheaf dry tae me [03:35.39]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa' [03:41.12] [03:42.92]And gin you wark noo all this wark [03:46.28] [03:46.96]Blaw blaw blaw winds blaw [03:51.20]Come to me and you'll get your sark [03:54.93]And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'