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marguerite - arnold bax lyrics

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gold on her head, and gold on her feet
and gold where the hems of her kirtle meet
and a golden girdle round my sweet; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

margaret’s maids are fair to see
freshly dress’d and pleasantly;
margaret’s hair falls down to her knee; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

if i were rich i would kiss her feet
i would kiss the place where the gold hems meet
and the golden girdle round my sweet **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

ah me! i have never touch’d her hand
when the arriere*ban goes through the land
six basnets under my pennon stand; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

and many a one grins under his hood:
“sir lambert de bois, with all his men good
has neither food nor firewood;” **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

if i were rich i would kiss her feet
and the golden girdle of my sweet
and thereabouts where the gold hems meet;
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite
yet even now it is good to think
while my few poor varlets grumble and drink
in my desolate hall, where the fires sink, **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

of margaret sitting glorious there
in glory of gold and glory of hair
and glory of glorious face most fair; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

likewise tonight i make good cheer
because this battle draweth near:
for what have i to lose or fear? **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

for, look you, my horse is good to prance
a right fair measure in this war*dance
before the eyes of philip of france; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

and sometime it may hap, perdie
while my new towers stand up three and three
and my hall gets painted fair to see **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite **

that folks may say: “times change, by the rood!
for lambert, banneret of the wood
has heaps of food and firewood; **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite; **
“and wonderful eyes, too, under the hood
of a damsel of right n0ble blood:”
st. ives, for lambert of the wood! **
ah! qu’elle est belle la marguerite

- arnold bax lyrics

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