I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel to Carter Hall, for young Tam Lin is there

Maids may go by Carter Hall, but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantels of green or else their maidenhead

Janet tied her kerf of green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to Carter Hall as fast as go can she

She doth pull the double rose, a rose but only two
And up then came young Tam Lin, says lady pull no more

And why come you to Carter Hall without command from me
I can go, young Janet said, and ask no leave of thee

Janet tied her kerf of green a little bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she
Well then spoke her father dear, and he spoke meek and mild
Well alas Janet, he said, I think you go with child

Well if that be so, Janet said, myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your halls shall get the baby's name

For if my lover were not a knight, as he is an earthen brae
I'll not change my own true love for any knight you have

Janet tied her kerf of green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to Carter Hall as fast as go can she

Oh tell to me Tam Lin she said, why came you here to dwell
The Queen of Fairy's caught me when from my horse I fell

And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to hell
I so fair and full of flesh am feared it is myself

But tonight is Halloween and the fairy is full bride
Those that would their true love win, hard miles crossed they must fly
First that pass, the horse is black and let them past the ground
then run to the white steed and pull the rider down

For I ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town
For I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown

They will turn me in your arms to a knute or a snake
Hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby's father

And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold
Hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child

And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight
Cloak me in your mantel and keep me out of sight

And in the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win

Then up spoke the fairy queen, an angry queen was she
Who betide her ill far place, an ill that may she die
Oh had I known Tam Lin, she said, what this night I did see
I'd have looked him in the eye and turned him to a tree

also see TAMLIN1
Child #39
@magic @ballad @courtship
filename[ TAMLIN2
playexe TAMLIN2
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