The Death Of Queen Jane

The Death of Queen Jane - Naomi Bedford/Alasdair Roberts

Queen Jane lay in labour

Nine days or more

The women were wery

They could no longer bare

They could no longer bare

Good women good women

Good women that ye may

Will you open my right side

And find my baby "

And find my baby

Oh no cried the women

That's a thing that never can be

We will send for King Henry

And see what he will say

And see what he will say

King Henry was sent for

King Henry he did

Saying "What ails thee my lady

Your eyes they look so dim

Your eyes they look so dim

King Henry King Henry

Will you do one thing for me

Will you open my right side

Find my baby

And find my baby

Oh no cried King Henry

Such a thing that I'll never can do

If I lose the flower of England

I will lose the branch too

I will lose the branch too

There was fiddling aye and dancing

On the day the babe was born

But poor Queen Jane beloved

Lay cold as the stone

Lay cold as the stone