Fairport Convention - The Widow Of Westmorland's Daughter Lyrics
There was an old widow in Westmorland who had no daughter but oneAnd 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 meFor a fine young man in the Grenadier Guards my maidenhead's taken from me""You saucy cat, you impudent cat, a-cursed may you beIf 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 sheSaying "Give me back my maidenhead, my mother she nags at me"So he kissed her and undressed her and he laid her on the bedAnd he put her head where her feet were before and gave back her maidenheadThen he kissed her and he dressed her with a rose in either handInvited her round to St. Mary's church to see his fine weddingOh, 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 meHe kissed me and undressed me and he laid me on the bedPut my head where my feet were before and he gave back my maidenheadThen he kissed me and he dressed me, put a rose in either hand andInvited 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 rideWith 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 meI'd rather marry the widow's daughter who ran home and told her mammy
