Fairport Convention The Widow of Westmorland's
Daughter Lyrics:
There was an old widow in Westmorland who had no
daughter but one And she has prayed both night and
day she should keep her maidenhead long "Ah, don't
be daft, mother," she said, "and say no more to me
For a fine young man in the Grenadier Guards my
maidenhead's taken from me" "You saucy cat, you
impudent cat, a-cursed may you be If some idle
rogue in the Grenadier Guards your maidenhead's
taken from thee" But the girlie's off to the
Grenadier Guards as fast as go can she Saying
"Give me back my maidenhead, my mother she nags at
me" So he kissed her and undressed her and he laid
her on the bed And he put her head where her feet
were before and gave back her maidenhead Then he
kissed her and he dressed her with a rose in
either hand Invited her round to St. Mary's church
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to see his fine wedding Oh, the girlie's off to
her mammy's house as fast as go can she "I'm as
full a maiden, mammy dear, as the day you first
bore me He kissed me and undressed me and he laid
me on the bed Put my head where my feet were
before and he gave back my maidenhead Then he
kissed me and he dressed me, put a rose in either
hand and Invited me round to St. Mary's church to
see his fine wedding "Ah, never on foot," her
mammy she said, "in a carriage and pair you'll
ride With four and twenty fine young girls to go
with you beside" "Ah, who is this?" the bride she
said, "She comes so high to me" "I see it is the
widow's daughter who ran home and told her mammy"
"How could she do it, how would she do it, how
could she do it for shame? Eleven long nights I
lay with a man and I never told anyone" "If eleven
long nights you lay with a man, you never shall
lie with me I'd rather marry the widow's daughter
who ran home and told her mammy"
Lyrics: The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter, Fairport
Convention [end]