John Barbury

[Verse 1]
There was a lady fine and gay
She looked so neat and trim
She went unto her garden wall
To see her ships come in

[Verse 2]
And there she spies her daughter Jane
Who looked so pale and wan
"Oh, have you had some long sickness
Or lain ye with a man?"

[Verse 3]
"No, I've not had no long sickness
Nor lain here with a man"
Her petticoats they were so short
She was a nine months gone
She was a nine months gone

[Verse 4]
"Oh, is it by a nobleman
Or by young man of fame?
Or is it by John Barbury
Who lately came from Spain?"

[Verse 5]
"No, it's not by a nobleman
Or by young man of fame
But it is by John Barbury
Who lately came from Spain
Who lately came from Spain"

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]
Then she's called down her merry men
By one, by two, by three
John Barbury was once the first
But now the last came he

[Verse 7]
"Oh, will you take my daughter Jane
And wed her out of hand?
And you will dine and sup with me
And be heir to all my land"

[Verse 8]
"Oh, I will take your daughter Jane
And wed her out of hand
And I will dine and sup with you
But I do not want your land"

[Verse 9]
"For I have houses and I have land
And money at my command
And had it not been for your daughter
I'd never have been your man
I'd never have been your man"