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Title
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Lady and her apprentice boy
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Singer
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Sawyer, David [Phoebus]
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
While down in Cupid's Garden for pleasure I did walk,
I heard two loyal lovers, in secret they did talk;
The one was a lady, and the other an apprentice boy,
And in secret they were talking, for he way all her joy.
Verse 2
She said to her apprentice, good humoured, kind and free -
'If I should ever marry, love, 'twill be with none but thee.
Curse all the gold and silver, and riches I defy,
For my handsome young apprentice, a maid I'll live and die.'
Verse 3
As soon as her aged father came to understand,
He had her true love banished unto a foreign land;
Where she lay broken hearted lamenting she did cry -
'For my handsome young apprentice, a maid I'll live and die,'
Verse 4
A servant to a merchant this young he was bound,
And by his good behaviour a fortune there he found;
He soon became a butler, that promoted him much fame,
And by his good behaviour, a steward soon became.
Verse 5
For a fortune in a lottery, a guinea he paid down,
And there he drew a ticket worth thirty thousand pounds;
He had both gold and honour, and his coat was laced indeed,
And he returned from India to his true love with speed.
Verse 6
He went for to embrace her but she flew from his arms,
Saying - 'There's no lord, duke, nor nobleman shall ever enjoy my charms;
Curse all the gold and silver, and riches I'll defy,
For my handsome young apprentice, a maid I'll live and die.'
Verse 7
He said - 'Dear honoured lady, I have been in your arms!
And here's the ring you gave me for kissing of your charms;
You vowed if ever you married those charms I should enjoy,
Your father did me banish, and I am the apprentice boy.'
Verse 8
As soon as she had heard these words and found that they were true,
With kisses out of measure into his arms she flew;
Then a road to Cupid's Garden these lovers quickly found,
And in everlasting pleasure, these lovers they were bound.
