Child Ballads - Lyrics

1

The king has written broad ,
And seald up gold,
And it the lord of Derwentwater,
To it he .

2

He it no boy, no boy,
Nor with a slave,
But sent with good knight
As a king could .

3

When read three first lines,
He began to smile;
And when read three lines
The tears began to .

1	The king has written a broad letter, And seald it up with gold, And sent it to the lord of Derwentwater, To read it if he would.
2	He sent it with no boy, no boy, Nor yet with eer a slave, But he sent it with as good a knight As eer a king could have.
3	When he read the three first lines, He then began to smile; And when he read the three next lines The tears began to sile.