Fair Rosamund Clifford Lyrics - Singles - Seeger Peggy

FAIR ROSAMUND CLIFFORD 

I have a sister, young Clifford, he said 

A sister no man knows 

She hath a color in her cheek 

Like drops of blood in snow 

Like drops of blood in snow 

She hath a waist, a waist, a waist 

Like my silver cane 

And I would not for ten thousand worlds 

Have King Henry know her name 

Have King Henry know her name 

King Henry was in his bower 

Hidden close and still 

And every word young Clifford spoke 

He wrote down in a bill 

He wrote down in a bill 

Now the first fair line she looked on 

She did begin to smile 

And the next fair line she looked on 

Down the tears did fall (2x) 

Cursed be my brother Clifford 

Oh cursed may he be 

Why don't he dote on his hawks and hounds 

But he must dote on me (2x) 

see also QECONFES 

Rosamund Clifford became Henry II mistress 

recorded by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 

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