Steeleye Span – The Twelve Witches (Guitar)

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Oh, there were twelve witches bold

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And they lived in the North

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And their equals were not seen

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On the face of the Earth

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The first witch, with her hand

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The storm could hush

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And the second witch could stop

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All the torrents rush

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And the third witch, she could strike

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Upon the golden lyre

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And she charmed both young and old

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Into the dancing fire

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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The fourth witch, she could dive

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In the sea as a fish

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And the fifth witch, she never wanted

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Any meat on a dish

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And now the next witch go

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Under the earth could she

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And the seventh witch could dance

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Upon the rolling sea

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And the eighth witch on her horn

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She would blow a blast

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And everyone who heard

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Would shudder and stand aghast

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Oh, the ninth witch, she tamed all

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That in the greenwood crept

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And the tenth witch, not a nap

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She had ever slept

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The eleventh witch, the grisly

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Lindworm bound

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And the twelfth witch, she could all

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Things understand

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And these twelve witches bold

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They all lived in the North

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And their equals were not seen

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On the face of the Earth

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread

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Rowan tree, red thread

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Hold the witches all in dread