1) The king questions his daughter Jane about why she looks pale and ill, suspecting she may have been sleeping with a man.
2) Jane admits to sleeping with Willie O Winsbury while the king was imprisoned in Spain.
3) The king has Willie O Winsbury brought before him and offers to make Willie the lord of his serving men and heir to his land if he marries Jane. Willie refuses, but the king allows them to marry and grants Jane land.
1) The king questions his daughter Jane about why she looks pale and ill, suspecting she may have been sleeping with a man.
2) Jane admits to sleeping with Willie O Winsbury while the king was imprisoned in Spain.
3) The king has Willie O Winsbury brought before him and offers to make Willie the lord of his serving men and heir to his land if he marries Jane. Willie refuses, but the king allows them to marry and grants Jane land.
1) The king questions his daughter Jane about why she looks pale and ill, suspecting she may have been sleeping with a man.
2) Jane admits to sleeping with Willie O Winsbury while the king was imprisoned in Spain.
3) The king has Willie O Winsbury brought before him and offers to make Willie the lord of his serving men and heir to his land if he marries Jane. Willie refuses, but the king allows them to marry and grants Jane land.
F C G And the king has called his serving men The king has been a prisoner By one by two and by three F G F Saying, Where is this Willie o Winsbury? And a prisoner long in Spain For hanged he shall be. C F C Am And Willie O the Winsbury And when they came before the king F G F By one, by two and by three Has lain long with his daughter Jane. Willie should have been the first of them What ails you, what ails you, my But the last of them was he. daughter Jane Why you look so pale and wan? And Willie O the Winsbury Have you had any ill sickness All dressed out in red silk Or yet been sleeping with a man? His hair hung like the strands of gold His breast was white as milk. I have not had any ill sickness Nor yet been sleeping with a man No wonder, no wonder, the king he said, It is for you my father dear That my daughter’s love you did win For biding so long in Spain. If I were a woman as I am a man In my own bed you would have been. Cast off, cast off, your robe and gown Stand naked on the stone And will you marry my daughter Jane That I may know you by your shape By the faith of your right hand? If you be a maiden or none. And I’ll make you the lord of my serving men And she’s cast off the robe and gown I’ll make you the heir of my land. Stood naked on the stone her apron was tight and her waist was Oh yes, I’ll marry your daughter Jane round By the faith of my right hand. Her face was pale and wan. But I’ll not be the lord of any men, I’ll not be the heir to your land. And was it with a lord or a gentleman Or a man of wealth and fame And he raised her up on a milk-white Or was it with one of my serving men steed While I was a prisoner in Spain? Himself on a dapple grey He has made her the lady of as much land No it wasn’t with a lord or a gentleman As she can ride in a long summer’s day. Or a man of wealth and fame It was with Willie o Winsbury I could cry no longer alone.