{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":4674149,"song":"Willies Lady Child 6","artist":"Anaïs Mitchell","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11161540-willies-lady-child-6-tab-by-anais-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/4674149?type=tab","rating":4.70835,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Willie, he sailed over the raging foam[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's wooed a wife and he's brought her home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's brought her home all against his mother's will[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis mother wrought her a wicked spell[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a wicked spell she's laid on her[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'd be with child for long and many's the year[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the child she would never bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in her bower she lies in pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Willie by her bedside he would stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs down his cheeks sodden tears do run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Willie, back to his mother he did run[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he's gone there as a beggin' son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSays \"My true love has this fine, noble steed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe likes of which you have never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd at every part of this horse's mane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's hangin' fifty silver bells and ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHangin' fifty bells and ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis goodly gift shall be your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf back to my own true love you'll turn again[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she might bear her baby son\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"O of the child she'll never lighter be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNor from my curse will she e'er be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she will die and she will turn to clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you will wed with another maid\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sighing, says this weary man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs back to his own true love he's gone again:[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I wish my life was at an end\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Willie back to his mother he did run[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's gone there as a beggin' son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSays \"My true love has this fine, golden girdle[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSet with jewels all about the middle[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd at every part of this girdle's hem[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's hangin' fifty silver bells and ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHangin' fifty bells and ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis goodly gift shall be your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf back to my own true love you'll turn again[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she might bear her baby son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"O of the child she'll never lighter be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNor from my curse will she e'er be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she will die and she will turn to clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you will wed with another maid\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sighing, says this weary man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs back to his own true love he's gone again:[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I wish my life was at an end\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd up and spoke his noble Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she has told King Willie of a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow she might bear her baby son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSays \"You must go get you down to the marketplace[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you must buy a ball of wax[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you must shape it as a babe that is to nurse[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you must make two eyes of glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd ask your mother to the christening day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you must stand there close as you can be[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo you might hear what she does say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Willie, he's gone down to the marketplace[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe has bought a ball of wax[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he has shaped it as a babe that is to nurse[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he has made two eyes of glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe asked his mother to the christening day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he has stood there close as he could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo he might hear what she did say[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how she spat and how she swore[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe spied the babe where no babe could be before[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe spied the babe where none could be before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSays \"Who was it who undid the nine witch knots[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBraided in amongst this lady's locks?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd who is it who the leather shoe untied[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the left foot of this wedded bride?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd who was it split the silken thread[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe spider stretched all beneath this lady's bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe spider stretched all beneath her bed?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it was Willie who undid the nine witch knots[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBraided in amongst this lady's locks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it was Willie who the leather shoe untied[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the left foot of this wedded bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it was Willie split the silken thread[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe spider stretched all beneath this lady's bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe spider stretched all beneath her bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she has borne him a baby son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd great are the blessings that be them upon[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGreat are the blessings them upon[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD G\nD G D\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD G\nD G D\nD G\nD G D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD G\nD G D\nD G\nD G D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD G\nD G D\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD G\nD G D\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\nC\nD G\nD G D\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","C"]}