Debra Cowan - Salisbury Plain lyrics

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Debra Cowan - Salisbury Plain

As I walked over Salisbury Plain

There I met a scamping young blade

He kissed me and enticed me so

'Til along with him I was forced for to go

We came upon an inn at last

There for man and wife we did pass

He called for ale, wine and strong beer

'Til at length we both to bed did repair

“Undress yourself, my darling,” says he

“Undress yourself, and come sleep with me”

“Yes, I will,” then says she

“If you will keep all those flash girls away.”

“Those flash girls you say you need not fear

For you'll be safely guarded, my dear

I'll maintain you a lady so gay

For I'll go a-robbing on the highway”

Early next morning my love he arose

So nimbly he put on his clothes

Straight to the highway he did set sail

And 'twas there he robbed the coach of the mail

It's now my love in Newgate Jail do lie

Waiting each moment for to die

The Lord have mercy on his poor soul

For I think I hear the death-bell do toll