Sir James the Rose-Steeleye Span

[ti:Sir James the Rose] [ar:Steeleye Span] [al:The Very Best of Steeleye Span - Present - (Re-Recorded Versions)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sir James the Rose - Steeleye Span [00:37.20]Oh have you heard Sir James the rose [00:40.42]The young heir of loch laggan [00:42.65] [00:43.19]For he has killed a gallant squire [00:45.84]And his friends are out to take him [00:48.40] [00:48.99]He's gone to the house of marr [00:51.73]The nurse there did befriend him [00:54.33]And he has gone upon his knees [00:57.24]And begged for her to hide him [01:00.06]Where're you going Sir James she said [01:03.08]Where now are you riding [01:05.75]Oh I am bound for a foreign land [01:08.58]But now I'm under hiding [01:11.36] [01:12.92]Where shall I go [01:15.10] [01:15.73]Where shall I run [01:17.83] [01:18.57]Where shall I go for to hide me [01:23.35]For I have killed a gallant squire [01:30.36]And they're seeking for to slay me [01:36.45] [01:48.87]And then he's turned him right and round about [01:52.36]And rolled him in the bracken [01:55.02]And he has gone to take a sleep [01:57.79]In the lowlands of loch laggan [02:00.84]He had not well gone out of sight [02:03.66]Nor was he past milstrethen [02:06.32]When four and twenty belted knights [02:09.23]Came riding over the leathen [02:11.91]Oh have you seen Sir James the rose [02:14.93]The young heir of loch laggan [02:17.75]For he has killed a gallant squire [02:20.62]And we're sent out to take him [02:23.24] [02:24.91]Where shall I go [02:27.01] [02:27.75]Where shall I run [02:29.89] [02:30.60]Where shall I go for to hide me [02:35.19]For I have killed a gallant squire [02:42.51]And they're seeking for to slay me [02:48.30] [03:01.15]You'll see the bank above the mill [03:04.20]In the lowlands of loch laggan [03:07.14]And there you'll find Sir James the rose [03:10.32]Sleeping in the bracken [03:12.87]You must not wake him out of sleep [03:15.76]Nor yet must you afright him [03:18.37]Just run a dart right through his heart [03:21.18]And through the body pierce him [03:24.12]They sought the bank above the mill [03:26.92]In the lowlands of loch laggan [03:29.72]And there they found Sir James the rose [03:32.61]Sleeping in the bracken [03:35.00] [03:36.93]Where shall I go [03:38.99] [03:39.74]Where shall I run [03:41.80] [03:42.55]Where shall I go for to hide me [03:47.25]For I have killed a gallant squire [03:54.57]And they're seeking for to slay me [04:00.42] [04:46.86]Then up and spake Sir John the graeme [04:50.35]Who had the charge a keeping [04:53.00]It'll never be said dear gentleman [04:55.64]We killed him while he's sleeping [04:58.65]They seized his broadsword and his targe [05:01.62]And closely him surrounded [05:04.28]And when he woke out of his sleep [05:07.05]His senses were confounded [05:09.95]Now they have taken out his heart [05:12.87]And stuck it on a spear [05:15.40]They took it to the house of marr [05:18.52]And gave it to his dead [05:22.01] [05:22.77]Where shall I go [05:24.91] [05:25.63]Where shall I run [05:27.67] [05:28.41]Where shall I go for to hide me [05:33.14]For I have killed a gallant squire [05:40.30]And they're seeking for to slay me