The Broomfield Wager-Jo Freya

[ti:The Broomfield Wager] [ar:Jo Freya] [al:Traditional Songs of England] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Broomfield Wager - Jo Freya [00:04.06]A wager a wager with you my pretty maid [00:09.37]Here's five hundred pound to your ten [00:14.50]That a maid you shall go to yon merry green broom [00:20.20]But a maid you shall no more return [00:26.42]A wager a wager with you kind Sir [00:32.09]With your five hundred pound to my ten [00:37.33]That a maid I will go to yon merry green broom [00:42.84]And a maid I will boldly return [00:49.00]Now when that she came [00:51.35]To this merry green broom [00:54.65]She found her true love was fast asleep [01:00.16]With a fine finished rose [01:02.71]And a new suit of clothes [01:05.61]And a bunch of green broom at his feet [01:11.57]Then three time she went [01:14.04]From the crown of his head [01:17.43]And three times from the sole of his feet [01:22.80]And three times she kissed his red rosy cheeks [01:28.42]As he lay fast in a sleep [01:34.28] [01:34.92]Then she took a gold ring from off of her hand [01:40.34]And put that on his right thumb [01:45.62]And that was to let her own true love know [01:51.28]That she had been there and was gone [01:57.19] [01:57.72]As soon as he awoken from a drowsy sleep [02:03.39]He found his true love had been there and gone [02:08.63]It was then he remembered upon the cost [02:14.50]When he thought of the wager he had lost [02:20.22] [02:21.20]Three times he called for his horse and his man [02:26.73]The horse he'd once bought so dear [02:31.82]Saying why didn't you wake me out of my sleep [02:37.66]When my lady my true love was here [02:43.64] [02:44.30]Three times did I call to you master [02:49.89]And three times did I blow my horn [02:55.22]But out of your sleep I couldn't you awake [03:00.91]Till your lady your true love was gone [03:06.99] [03:07.67]Had I been awake when my true love was here [03:13.05]Of her I would have my will [03:18.42]If not the pretty birds in this merry green broom [03:24.17]With her blood they should have all had their fill