Oh Good Lord Judge- Child 95A "Maid Freed From the Gallows"
[Punctuation and spelling kept from the original. This is Child 95A.
Copy of the original document showing the end of "When I was a Maid" and the beginning of "Oh good Lord Judge (Maid Freed)."
1 Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge
Peace for a little while
Methinks I see my own Father
Come riding by the Stile
2 Oh Father oh Father a little of Your Gold
And likewise of Your Fee
To keep my Body from Yonder Grave
And my Neck from the Gallows-Tree
3 None of my Gold now you shall have
Nor likewise of my Fee
For I am come to see you hang’d
And hanged you shall be.
4 Oh good Lord Judge & sweet Lord Judge
Peace for a little While
Methinks I see my own Mother
Come riding by the Stile
5 Oh Mother oh Mother a little of Your Gold
And likewise of Your Fee
To keep my Body from Yonder Grave
And my Neck from the Gallows Tree
6 None of my Gold now shall you have
Nor likewise of my Fee
For I am come to see you hang’d
And hanged you shall be
7 Oh good Lord Judge & sweet lord Judge
Peace for a little While
Methinks I see my own Brother
Come riding by the Stile
8 Oh Brother oh Brother a little of Your Gold
And likewise of Your Fee
To keep my Body from Yonder Grave
And my neck from the Gallows- Tree
9 None of my Gold now shall you have
Nor likewise of my Fee
For I am come to see you hang’d
And hanged you shall be
10 Oh good Lord Judge & sweet lord Judge
Peace for a little While
Methinks I see my own Sister
Come riding by the Stile
11 Oh Sister oh Sister a little of Your Gold
And likewise of your Fee
To keep my Body from Yonder Grave
And my neck from the Gallows Tree
12 None of my Gold now shall you have
Nor likewise of my Fee
For I am come to see you hang’d
And hanged you shall be
13 Oh good Lord Judge and sweet lord Judge
Peace for a little while
Methinks I see my own True Love
Come riding by the Stile
14 Oh Truelove oh Truelove a little of Your Gold
And likewise of Your Fee
To keep my Body from Yonder Grave
And my neck from the Gallows Tree
15 Some of my Gold now you shall have
And likewise of my Fee
For I am come to see You saved
And saved You shall be