King Henry

Let never a man a wooing wend
 That lacketh thinges three
 A store of gold, an oaken heart
 And full of charity
 And this was seen of King Henry
 And he likewise alone
 For he's taken him to a haunted hall
 Seven miles from the town
 He's chased the deer, now him before
 And the doe down by the den
 Till the fattest buck in the all the flock
 King Henry he has slain
 His huntsmen followed him to the hall
 To make them burly cheer
 When loud the wind was heard to sound
 And an earthquake rocked the floor
 And darkness covered all the hall
 Where they sat at their meat
 The grey dogs, yowling, left their food
 And crept to Henry's feet
 And louder howled the rising wind
 And burst the fastened door
 And in there came a grisley ghost
 Stamping on the floor
 Her head hit the roof tree of the house
 Her middle you could not span
 Each frightened huntsman fled the hall
 And left the King alone
 Her teeth were like the tether stakes
 Her nose like club or mell
 And nothing less she seemed to be
 Than a fiend that comes from Hell
 "Some meat, some meat
 Yo King Henry some meat you give to me
 Go kill your horse, you King Henry
 And bring him here to me"
 He's gone and slain his berry brown steed
 Though it made his heart full sore
 For she's eaten up, both skin and bone
 Left nothing but hide and hair
 "More meat, more meat
 Yo King Henry more meat you give to me
 Go kill your greyhounds King Henry
 And bring them here to me"
 And when he's slain his good greyhound
 It made his heart full sore
 For she's eaten up, both skin and bone
 Left nothing but hide and hair
 "More meat, more meat
 Yo King Henry more meat you give to me
 Go fell your gosshawks King Henry
 And bring them here to me"
 And when he's slain his gay gosshawks
 It made his heart full sore
 For she's eaten them up, both skin and bone
 Left nothing but feathers there
 "Some drink, some drink
 Now King Henry some drink you give to me
 Oh you sew up your horse's hide
 And bring in a drink to me"
 And he's sewn up the bloody hide
 And a pipe of wine put in
 And she drank it up, all in one draught
 Left never a drop therein
 "A bed, a bed, now King Henry
 A bed you'll make for me
 Oh you must pull the heather green
 And make it soft for me"
 And pulled has he the heather green
 And made for her a bed
 And taken has he his gay mantle
 And over it he has spread
 "Take off your clothes now King Henry
 And lie down by my side
 Now swear, now swear you King Henry
 To take me for your bride"
 "Oh God forbid", said King Henry
 "That ever the like betide
 That ever a fiend that comes from Hell
 Should stretch down by my side"
 When the night was gone and the day was come
 And the sun shone through the hall
 The fairest lady that ever was seen
 Lay between him and the wall
 "I've met with many a gentle knight
 That gave gave me such a fill
 But never before with a courteous knight
 That gave me all my will"