The Death Of Queen Jane
Queen Jane lay in labor full nine days or more'Til her women grew so tired, they could no longer thereThey could no longer there
"Good women, good women, good women that you may beWill you open my right side and find my baby?And find my baby
"Oh no," cried the women, "That's a thing that can never beWe will send for King Henry and hear what he may sayAnd hear what he may say"
King Henry was sent for, King Henry did comeSaying, "What does ail you my lady? Your eyes, they look so dimYour eyes, they look so dim"
"King Henry, King Henry, will you do one thing for me?That's to open my right side and find my babyAnd find my baby"
"Oh no, cried King Henry, "That's a thing I'll never doIf I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch tooI shall lose the branch too"
There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was bornBut poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as the stoneLay cold as the stone