Sir James The Rose - Steeleye Span

Oh have you heard Sir James the Rose,

The young heir of Loch Laggan,

For he has killed a gallant squire

And his friends are out to take him.

He’s gone to the House of Marr

The Nurse there did befriend him,

And he has gone upon his knees

And begged for her to hide him.

‘Where're you going Sir James?

‘Oh I am bound for a foreign land,

But now I’m under hiding.

‘You'll see the bank above the mill

In the lowlands of Loch Laggan,

And there you’ll find Sir James the Rose

Sleeping in the bracken.

They sought the bank above the mill

In the lowlands of Loch Laggan,

And there they found Sir James the Rose

Sleeping in the bracken.

Then up and spake Sir John the Graeme

Who had the charge a-keeping,

‘It'll never be said, dear gentleman,

We killed him while he’s sleeping.