Fair Rosamund Clifford

<br>FAIR ROSAMUND CLIFFORD<br>I have a sister, young Clifford, he said<br>A sister no man knows<br>She hath a color in her cheek<br>Like drops of blood in snow<br>Like drops of blood in snow<br>She hath a waist, a waist, a waist<br>Like my silver cane<br>And I would not for ten thousand worlds<br>Have King Henry know her name<br>Have King Henry know her name<br>King Henry was in his bower<br>Hidden close and still<br>And every word young Clifford spoke<br>He wrote down in a bill<br>He wrote down in a bill<br>Now the first fair line she looked on<br>She did begin to smile<br>And the next fair line she looked on<br>Down the tears did fall (2x)<br>Cursed be my brother Clifford<br>Oh cursed may he be<br>Why don`t he dote on his hawks and hounds<br>But he must dote on me (2x)<br>see also QECONFES<br>Rosamund Clifford became Henry II mistress<br>recorded by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger<br>filename[ ROSACLIF<br>SF<br>===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===