ALISON GROSS
Alison Gross that lives in yon tower
The ugliest witch in the North Country
Has trysted me one day up to her bower
And many a fair speech she made to me
She stroked my head and she combed my hair
She set me down softly on her knee
Saying if you will be my lover so true
So many good things I will give to you
Away, away you ugly witch
Go far away and let me be
I never will be your lover so true
And I wish I were out of your company
Alison Gross, she must be
The ugliest witch in the North Country
Alison Gross, she must be
The ugliest witch in the North Country
She showed me a mantle of red scarlet
With golden flowers and fringes fine
says if you will be my lover so true
this goodly gift it shall be thine
She showed me a shirt of softest silk
Well wrought with pearls about the band
Saying if you shall be my lover so true
This goodly gift you shall command
She brought me a cup of the good red gold
Well set with jewels so fair to see
Saying if you will be my lover so true
This goodly gift I will give to you
Away, away you ugly witch
Go far away and let me be
I never will be your lover so true
And I wish I were out of your company
She's turned her right and round about
And thrice she blew on a grass green horn
She swore by the moon and the stars above
She'd make me rue the day I was born
And out she's taken a silver wand
And turned her three times round and round
She muttered such words till my strength it did fail
And she's turned me into an ugly worm
