Show Of Hands - Widecombe fair lyrics

It was early dawn when we met out on the hillside On our way to Widdecombe Fair To drink ourselves dry make a big noise there Six Devon lads with a younger boy Whose mother had said "Promise me now you'll watch for him He's never slept out of home before And you know too well there'll be trouble in store" I gave her my word and we crossed the moor It was growing dark, we stopped at the inn, when we saw her Fair-faced in the candle-light Such a fine sight with her long black hair Young Billy stared and she stared right back But the landlord said she's spoken for, he said leave me here alone I'll meet you tomorrow , on your way back home At the cross-ways, at noon on the Whiddon Down Road You go and I'll stay, you boys go and I'll stay I said take my watch and my chain, we all hit the road again Four miles to the fairground, we had a fine time there Next day came, we waited in the rain At the crossroads, but the boy never came I said you go ahead, I returned to the inn But the landlord said that the last thing seen was a boy and a girl Out on the moor that was all he knew , and he showed me the door I called and I cried God knows I tried Until the long night came, his mother flew at me She called me names, scratched my face Said I was too blame, and asked would She ever see her sweet sweet son again Well a year went by without one sign I'm back at the inn to see what I'd find And the wind whistled cold on the moor that night I thought I saw a couple in the pale moonlight The landlord said it's you again, from his pocket hung down my watch and chain Tom I sat down on a stone and I cried Knowing full well that the young lad died Tom Tom lend me your grey mare I want to go back to Widdecombe fair With Bill and Jan, Peter and Dan, Harry and Pete, on the moors we'll meet All along down along out along lee All along down along out along lee