The Seventh Girl

An outlandish knight came from the north lands
 And he scarcely could leave me alone
 And he promised he take me the wide world to see
 Oh fly home lost ladies, fly home
 He said "Come fetch to me some of your father's bright gold
 Fetch me some of your mother's own fee
 And come fetch me the best nags from out of your yard
 Where they stand full thirty and three
 Where they stand full thirty and three"
 She's mounted onto her silver-white horse
 And he's mounted her father's strong grey
 And they've rode till they've come to the rocky sea shore
 Three dark hours before it was day
 "Oh light off, light off your silver-white horse
 And deliver yourself unto me
 For six pretty girls have I drowned right here
 And the seventh girl you now shall be
 Oh the seventh girl you now shall be"
 "Pull off, pull off your soft silken gown
 And deliver it here unto me
 For the fabric's too fine and too costly by far
 To let rot in the cold briny sea
 And pull off, pull off your good holland smock
 And deliver it here unto me
 For it seems like a waste to let such clothes be lost
 While the fishes they nibble at thee
 While the fishes they nibble at thee"
 "Well if I must strip down full naked and bare
 Cut the thorn that grows there by the brim
 Or else it might catch in my curly gold hair
 And tear my glittering skin"
 Well he's taken his knife and he's turned to the thorn
 That grows by the salt water's brim
 But so speedy she's run and she's pushed him so hard
 That she's thrown this false young man in
 To the foam she's fast thrown him in
 He's tumbled up high and he's tumbled down low
 Till he's come to the rocky sea side, crying
 "Catch hold of my hand, my pretty fair lady
 And I will make you my bride"
 "Oh lie there, lie there, you false hearted man
 Make your bed in the deep briny blue
 For six pretty girls have you drowned right here
 But the seventh girl has drowned you
 Oh the seventh girl has drowned you"