[Lyric] Bonny Kate (Shirley Collins)

'Twas at Newmarket you shall hear
There did dwell a damsel fair
At Newmarket you shall hear
There did dwell a damsel fair
Some did call her Bonny Kate
Going to
Coming from Newmarket late

Oft times a lawyer she did meet
Who enticed her with kisses sweet
Oft a lawyer she did meet
Who enticed her with kisses sweet
He enticed her more and more
Showed her gold
Showed her gold and silver store

If you will spend the night in town
These five guineas I'll put down
If you'll spend the night in town
These five guineas I'll put down
So she took him to The Bell
Where in service
Where in service she did dwell
“And can I have a bed?” said he
“For my wedded wife and me”
“Can I have a bed?” said he
“For my wedded wife and me”
“Yes, indeed,” the landlord said
And he did not
And he did not own his maid

“And can I have a supper dressed
Fish and fowl of the best?
Can I have a supper dressed
Fish and fowl of the best?
And some wine to drink a while
For young Kate
For young Kate's walked many a mile”

So the glass went round and round
Till the score stood at one pound
So the glass went round and round
Till the score stood at one pound
That the lawyer freely paid
“Now to bed
Now to bed, young Kate” he said

Young Kate was handed on before
At the top there was a door
Kate was handed on before
At the top there was a door
Young Kate she went straight way through
And that's where she
That's where she bid him adieu
Lord, how the lawyer stamped and swore
When he found he'd lost his dear
How the lawyer stamped and swore
When he found he'd lost his dear
Young Kate's heart was filled with joy
To think she'd got
To think she'd got five yellow boys