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William Taylor

from It's Cold by the Door by Gordon Jackson

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William Taylor

I’ll sing you a song of two young lovers
Down from Lichfield town they came
And the young man’s name was William Taylor
Sarah Gray was the maiden’s name

William Taylor he has enlisted
For a soldier he has gone
And he’s gone and he’s left his own true lover
For to sigh and for to mourn

And Sally’s parents they have abused her
Filled her heart with grief and woe
And for to seek William Taylor
For a soldier she would go

She’s dressed herself in man’s apparel
Man’s apparel she’s put on
And for to seek young William Taylor
For a soldier she has gone

One day as she was exercising
Exercising one two three
A silver chain fell down from her waistcoat
And exposed her lilywhite breast

The sergeant he stepped up to her
And asked the young lady what brings you here
I come in search of William Taylor
Who was pressed from me last year

Oh if you come in search of William Taylor
William Taylor he’s not here
For I do hear that he’s to married
To some lovely lady so fare

And if you rise early in the morning
Early at the break of day
It’s there you’ll see young William Taylor
Walking out with a lady so gay

So she’s rosed early in the morning
Early at the break of day
And there she’s spied William Taylor
Walking out with a lady so gay

So she’s rosed early in the morning
Early at the break of day
And there she’s spied William Taylor
Walking out with a lady so gay

And she has called for a brace of pistols
A brace of pistols was brought to her hand
And she shot William Taylor
With his bride at his right hand

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from It's Cold by the Door, released April 11, 2011

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The Jones Boys Sandwich, UK

The Jones Boys play an exciting blend of mostly traditional music from Ireland, England, Shetland, Scotland, Brittany, Sweden, Bulgaria and beyond!

The current line up is:

Sam Sloan – button accordion, anglo concertina, keyboards, trumpet and vocals;

Gordon Jackson – vocals, octave mandola, low whistle and percussion.
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