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Earl Brand

By Anonymous

18th Century

Child Ballad 7

Wake you up, wake you up, you seven sleepers,
And do take warning of me;
O do take care of your oldest daughter dear,
For the youngest are going with me.
He mounted her up on his bonny, bonny brown,
Himself on the dark apple grey;
He drew his buckles down by his side,
And away he went singing away.
Get you up, get you up, my seven sons bold,
Get on your arms so bright,
For it never shall be said that a daughter of mine
Shall lie with a lord all night.
He rode, he rode that livelong day,
Along with his lady so dear,
Until she saw her seventh brother come
And her father were walking so near.
Get you down, get you down, Lady Margaret,
         he cried,
And hold my horse for a while,
Until I can fight your seventh brother bold,
And your father is walking so nigh.
She held, she held, she bitter, bitter held,
And never shedded one tear
Until she saw her seventh brother fall
And her father she loved so dear.
Do you choose for to go, Lady Margaret,
         he cried,
Do you choose for to go or to stay?
O I'll go, I'll go, Lord Thomas, she cried,
For you've left me without any guide.
He mounted her up on his bonny, bonny brown,
Himself on the dark apple grey;
He drew his buckles down by his side,
And away he went bleeding away.
He rode, he rode that livelong night
Till he came to his mother's stand.
Get you down, get you down, Lady Margaret,
         he cried.
So that we can rest for a while.
It's mother, mother, make my bed,
And fix it smooth and wide,
And lie my lady down by my side
So that we can rest for a while.
Lord Thomas he died by midnight,
Lady Margaret before it were day,
And the old woman for the loss of her son,
And there were several lives lost.

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