The Death Of Queen Jane
Loreena McKennitt
[Intro] [Verse] Queen Jane lay in labour full nine days or more ’Til her women grew so tired they could no longer there They could no longer there___ [Verse] "Good women good women good women as ye be Will you open my right side__ and find my baby? And find my baby" [Verse] "Oh no" cried the women "That’s a thing that never can be We will send for King Henry and hear what he may say And hear what he may say" [Verse] King Henry was sent for King Henry did come Saying "What do ail you my lady? Your eyes they look so dim Your eyes they look so dim" [Verse] "King Henry King Henry will you do one thing for me? That’s to open my right side and find my baby And find my baby" [Verse] "Oh no" cried King Henry "That’s a thing I’ll never do If I lose the flower of England I shall lose the branch too I shall lose the branch too" [Instrumental] / / [Verse] There was fiddling aye and dancing on the day the babe was born But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as the stone Lay cold as the stone