Bold Jamie Lyrics - Singles - Cara Dillon

"Oh rise up my darling and come with me 

I want to go with you and leave this country 

To leave my fathers dwelling, this house and the land 

So away goes Jamie with his love in his arms 

They go over hills and the mountains and glens 

Traveling all through the night in the mist in the rain 

But her father has followed and has taken his men 

And he captured poor Jamie with his love in his arms 

Now home she was taken to her room she is bound 

While poor Jamie lies on the cold stoney ground 

And he knows all the while before the judge he will stand 

For the stealing of nothing but his own true love's hand 

In the cold hard iron his hands they are bound 

Handcuffed like a murderer and tied to the ground 

And the goaler tells Jamie "last night I did hear 

That your Lady will hang you or else set you clear" 

The judge says "this young girl being tender in youth 

If Jamie is guilty she will tell the truth" 

Then the radiant beauty before him did stand 

"Oh I'm happy to see you my bold Irish lad" 

But the father cries out "Lord have pity on me 

For the man came to bring disgrace to my family 

And he stole my only daughter, all part of his plan 

And if you don't hang him I will quit the land" 

But the daughter is crying and begging is she 

"The fault isn't Jamie's the blame lies with me 

I forced him to leave and run away with me 

And I'll die if I can't save my bold Jamie" 

"Good Lord he has stole all her jewels and her rings 

Gold watches and amber, all my precious things 

And it costs me a fortune in thousands of pounds 

And I'll take the life of Jamie before I lie in the ground 

"Good Lord I gave them as a token of love 

An when we are parted I'll have them removed 

But a true lovers token wear on your right hand 

And think of me darling when you're in a foreign land"