Bold Jamie

Oh rise up my darling and come with me

I want to go with you and leave this country

To leave my father's dwelling, his house and land

So away goes Jamie with his love in his hand

They go over hills and mountains and glens

Travelling all through the night in the mist and rain

But her father has followed and taken his men

And he captures poor Jamie with his love in his arms

Now home she was taken to the ring she is bound

While poor Jamie lies upon the cold stony ground

And he knows all the while before the judge he will stand

For the stealing of nothing but his own true love's hand

In the cold hard iron his hands they are bound

Handcuffed like a murderer and tied to the ground

And the jailer to Jamie last night I did hear

That you'll lay down when you are arrested you're clear

The judge says this young girl being tender in youth

If Jamie is guilty she will tell the truth

And the radiant beauty before him did stand

Oh I'm happy to see you my bold Irish lad

But the father cries out Lord have pity on me

For the man came to bring disgrace to my family

And he stole my only daughter all part of his plan

And if you don't hang him I will quit the land

But the daughter is crying and begging is she

The fault is in Jamie's the blame lies in me

I forced him to leave and run away with me

And I'll die if I can't save my bold Jamie

Good Lord he stole all her jewels and her rings

Gold watches and amber all my precious things

And it's cost me a fortune and thousands of pounds

And I'll take the life of Jamie before I lie in the ground

Good Lord I gave them as a token of love

And when we are parted I'll have them removed

But a true love's token wear on your right hand

And think of me darling when you're in a foreign land