Tam Lin (Child 39)-Anaïs Mitchell

[00:21]Janet sits in her lonely room [00:24]Sewing a silken seam [00:26]And looking out on Carterhaugh [00:29]Among the roses green [00:31]And Janet sits in her lonely bower [00:34]Sewing a silken thread [00:37]And longed to be in Carterhaugh [00:39]Among the roses red [00:44]She's let the seam fall at her heel [00:47]The needle to her toe [00:49]And she has gone to Carterhaugh [00:52]As fast as she can go [00:55]She hadn't pulled a rose, a rose [00:57]A rose, but only one [01:00]When then appeared him, young Tamlin [01:02]Says, “Lady, let alone” [01:05]“What makes you pull the rose, the rose? [01:08]What makes you break the tree? [01:10]What makes you come to Carterhaugh [01:13]Without the leave of me?” [01:17]“But Carterhaugh is not your own [01:20]Roses there are many [01:22]I'll come and go all as I please [01:25]And not ask leave of any” [01:27]And he has took her by the hand [01:30]Took her by the sleeve [01:33]And he has laid this lady down [01:35]Among the roses green [01:38]And he has took her by the arm [01:40]Took her by the hem [01:42]And he has laid this lady down [01:45]Among the roses red [02:07]There's four and twenty ladies fair [02:11]Sewing at the silk [02:14]And Janet goes among them all [02:17]Her face as pale as milk [02:19]And four and twenty gentlemen [02:22]Playing at the chess [02:24]And Janet goes among them all [02:27]As green as any glass [02:29]Then up and spoke her father [02:32]He's spoken meek and mild [02:35]“Oh, alas, my daughter [02:37]I fear you go with child” [02:40]“And is it to a man of might [02:42]Or to a man of means [02:45]Or who among my gentlemen [02:47]Shall give the babe his name?” [02:51]“Oh, father, if I go with child [02:55]This much to you I'll tell [02:57]There's none among your gentlemen [03:00]That I would treat so well” [03:02]“And, father, if I go with child [03:05]I must bear the blame [03:07]There's none among your gentlemen [03:10]Shall give the babe his name” [03:14]She's let the seam fall at her hell [03:18]The needle to her toe [03:20]And she has gone to Carterhaugh [03:23]As fast as she could go [03:25]And she is down among the ***** [03:28]Down among the thorn [03:30]When then appeared Tamlin again [03:33]Says, “Lady, pull no more” [03:35]“What makes you pull the poison rose? [03:38]What makes you break the tree? [03:40]What makes you harm the little babe [03:43]That I have got with thee?” [03:45]“Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin [03:48]I will break the tree [03:51]But I'll not bear the little babe [03:54]That you have got with me” [03:56]“If he were to a gentleman [03:59]And not a wild shade [04:01]I'd rock him all the winter's night [04:04]And all the summer's day” [04:25]“Then take me back into your arms [04:29]If you my love would win [04:32]And hold me tight and fear me not [04:35]I'll be a gentleman” [04:37]“But first I'll change all in your arms [04:40]Into a wild wolf [04:42]But hold me tight and fear me not [04:45]I am your own true love” [04:48]“And then I'll change all in your arms [04:50]Into a wild bear [04:52]But hold me tight and fear me not [04:56]I am your husband dear” [04:58]“And then I'll change all in your arms [05:01]Into a lion bold [05:03]But hold me tight and fear me not [05:05]And you will love your child” [05:09]At first he changed all in her arms [05:13]Into a wild wolf [05:16]She held him tight and feared him not [05:19]He was her own true love [05:21]And then he changed all in her arms [05:24]Into a wild bear [05:26]She held him tight and feared him not [05:29]He was her husband dear [05:31]And then he changed all in her arms [05:34]Into a lion bold [05:36]She held him tight and feared him not [05:39]The father of her child [05:44]And then he changed all in her arms [05:47]Into a naked man [05:50]She's wrapped him in her coat so warm [05:53]And she has brought him home