Tam Lin - Steeleye Span

　　Oh I forbid you maidens all

　　That wear gold in your hair

　　To come or go by Carterhaugh

　　For young Tam Lin is there

　　If you go by Carterhaugh

　　You must leave him a wad

　　Either your rings or green mantle

　　Or else your maidenhead

　　She's away o'er gravel green

　　And o'er the gravel brown

　　She's away to Carterhaugh

　　To flour herself a gown

　　She had not pulled a rosy rose

　　A rose but barely one

　　When by came this brisk young man

　　Says lady let alone

　　How dare you pull my rose Madam

　　How dare you break my tree

　　How dare you come to Carter Hall

　　Without the leave of me

　　Well may I pull the rose she said

　　Well may I break the tree

　　For Carter Haugh it my father's

　　I'll ask no leave of thee

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　He's taken her by the milk-white hand

　　And there he's laid her down

　　And there he asked no leave of her

　　As she lay on the ground

　　Oh tell me tell me then she said

　　Oh tell me who art thee

　　My name it is Tam Lin he said

　　And this is my story

　　As it fell out upon a day

　　A-hunting I did ride

　　There came a wind out of the north

　　And pulled me betide

　　And drowsy drowsy as I was

　　The sleep upon me fell

　　The Queen of Fairies she was there

　　And took me to herself

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　At the end of every seven years

　　They pay a tithe to Hell

　　And I'm so fair and full of flesh

　　I'm feared 'twill be myself

　　Tonight it is good Hallowe'en

　　The fairy court will ride

　　And if you would your true love win

　　At Miles Cross you must bide

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　Oh in Carterhaugh in Carterhaugh

　　Gloomy was the night

　　And eerie was the way

　　This lady in her green mantle

　　To Miles Cross she did go

　　With the holy water in her hand

　　She cast the compass round

　　At twelve o'clock the fairy court

　　Came riding o'er the mound

　　First came by the black steed

　　And then came by the brown

　　Then Tam Lin on the milk-white steed

　　With a gold star in his crown

　　She's pulled him down into her arms

　　And let the bridle fall

　　The Queen of Fairy she cried out

　　Young Tam Lin is away

　　They've shaped him in her arms

　　Into an roaring snake

　　She's held him fast and feared him not

　　To be her lovely mate

　　They've shaped him in her arms again

　　Fire burning bold

　　She's held him fast and feared him not

　　Till he was iron cold

　　They've shaped him in her arms

　　To a wood black beast so wild

　　She's held him fast and feared him not

　　The father of her child

　　They've shaped him in her arms at last

　　Into a naked man

　　She's wrapped him in the green mantle

　　And knew that she had him won

　　The Queen of Fairies she cried out

　　Young Tam Lin is away

　　Had I known had I known Tam Lin

　　Long before long before you came from home

　　Had I known I would have taken out your heart

　　And put in a heart of stone

　　Had I known had I known Tam Lin

　　That a lady a lady would steal thee

　　Had I known I would have taken out your eyes

　　And put into a rowan tree

　　Had I known had I known Tam Lin

　　That I would lose that I would lose the day

　　Had I known I would have paid my tithe to hell

　　Before you'd been won away