The Widow Of Westmorland - Fairport Convention

The Widow Of Westmorland - Fairport Convention
There was an old widow in Westmorlan
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 sit
Mary's church 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 sit
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