Pete Seeger — Fair Margaret & Sweet William

Lady Margaret sitting in her high hall door Combing her long yellow hair Saw sweet William and his new-made bride Riding from the church So near she throwed down her ivory comb Throwed back her long yellow hair Said I'll go down to bid him farewell And never more go there It was all lately in the night When they were fast asleep Lady Margaret appeared all dressed in white Standing at their bed feet How do you like your pillow, said she How do you like your sheet? And how do you like that fair young lady Lying in your arms asleep Very well do I like my pillow, says he Very well do I like my sheet But better do I like that fair young maiden Standing at my bed feet Once he kissed her lily white hand Twice he kissed her cheek Three times he kissed her cold corpsey lips And fell in her arms asleep Is Lady Margaret in her room? Or is she in the hall? No, Lady Margaret's in her cold black coffin With her pale face to the wall