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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com

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TWO MAGICIANS

(Child #44) recorded by Steeleye Span "Below the Salt"

She looked out of the window, as white as any milk

He looked in at the window, as black as any silk

(Chorus): Hello, hello, hello, hello you coal black smith

You have done me no harm!

You never shall have my maidenhead

That I have kept so long!

I'd rather die a maid, aye, and then she said,

And be buried all in my grave,

Than to have such a nasty, husky, dusky, fusty, musty coal black smith!

A maiden I will die!

She became a duck, a duck all in the stream

And he became a waterdog, and fetched her back again

She became a star, a star all in the night

And he became a thundercloud and muffled her out of sight

She became a rose, a rose all in the wood

And he became a bumblebee and kissed her where she stood

She became a nun, a nun all dressed in white

And he became a chantry priest to pray for her by night

She became a trout, a trout all in the brook

And he became a feathered fly, and catched her with his hook

She became a quilt, a quilt all on her bed

And he became a coverlet, and gained her maidenhead! note: This has MANY variants. See Robert Graves' "The White Goddess" pg. 401! *

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