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Silly Wizard

Genres: Folk

The Twa Brothers Lyrics - Silly Wizard

Two pretty boys were goin' tae the school 

And one evening coming home 

Says William to John, Can you throw a stone 

Or can you play at a ball, a ball, or can you play at a ball 

 

Says John to William, I canna' throw a stone 

Little can I play at a ball 

But if you'll go down to a merry green woods 

I'll try you a wrestlin' fall, a fall, I'll try you a wrestlin' 

fall 

 

So they went down tae a merry green woods 

Beneath the spreadin' bough 

The little penknife fell out of William's coat 

And gave John his deadly wound, wound, and gave John his deadly 

wound 

 

Ah, now you'll take off your white Holland shirt 

And teer it frae gore tae gore 

And you will bind my deadly wounds 

That they might bleed no more, no more, that they might bleed no 

more 

 

So he's ta'en off his white Holland shirt 

And he's torn it frae gore tae gore 

And though he's bound his deadly wounds 

Ah, they bled ten times more, more, they bled ten times more 

 

Ah but what shall I tell to your father dear 

This night when I go home 

Tell him I'm away to a London school 

And a good scholar I'll come home, home, a good scholar I'll come 

home 

 

Ah but what shall I tell to your sister dear 

This night when I go home 

Tell her I'm away to a London school 

And the good books I'll bring home, home, the good books I'll bring 

home 

 

Ah but what shall I tell to your sweetheart dear 

This night when I go home 

Tell her I'm dead and in the grave laid 

And the grass is growin' green, green, the grass is growin' green 

 

Ah but what shall I tell to your stepmother dear 

This night when I go home 

Tell her I'm dead and in the grave laid 

For she prayed I might never come home, home, she prayed I might 

never come home