Fair Margaret & Sweet William-Pete Seeger

lady margret was standing in her own room door a comb in her long yellow hair when who did she spy but sweet william and his bride as to the churchyard they drew near the day passed away and the night coming on most of the men were asleep lady margret appeared all dressed in white standing at his bed feet she said "how do you like your bed? and how do you like your sheet? and how do you like your fair, young bride that's laying in your arms asleep?" he said "very well do i like my bed. much better do i like my sheet but most of all that fair, young girl standing at my bed feet" then once he kissed her lily white hand and twice he kissed her cheek three times he kissed her cold corpsy lips then he fell into her arms asleep when the night passed away and the day came on and into the morning light sweet william said "i'm troubled in my head 2 such dreams, such dreams as these i know they mean no good for i dreamed that my bower was full of red swine and my bride's bed full of blood" he asked "is lady margret in her room? or is she out in the hall?" but lady margret lay in a cold, black coffin with her face turned to the wall throw back, throw back those snow white robe be they ever so fine and let me kiss those cold corpsy lips for i know they'll never kiss mine then once he kissed her lily white hand and twice he kissed her cheek three times he kissed her cold corpsy lips then he fell into her arms asleep