Fram and Gram
Fram and Gram were born in one hall!
They grew side by side, as they grew strong and tall!
Shared most things, only quarrelled now and then,
In twenty years they were fine young men,
In twenty years they were fine young men!
Fram and Gram their hearts have been won,
For each young man she's the very same one!
Her eyes are blue; she has soft and snowy skin
A fairer maiden there never has been,
A fairer maiden there never has been!
Said Fram to Gram this girl I must wed,
She fills my dreams like she fills my head!
Please be kind her true lover I'll be him,
And around the ocean I'm willing to swim,
And around the ocean I'm willing to swim!
Oh dearest Fram you must play fair!
She's in my heart and she will always be there.
And I am sure that she loves me more than thee,
In her arms I soon will be,
In her arms I soon will be!
Said Fram to Gram, away let us ride,
Unto her we will stand side by side!
There she'll choose who she'll love and who she'll wed,
And who will lie with her in her bed,
Who will lie with her in her bed?!
The brothers they rode through wind and through rain,
Each of them her heart for to gain!
They rode until they were standing at her door.
Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore,
Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore!
Then swiftly the maiden she opened the door,
Young Fram and Gram, come round here no more!
Wed I am, oh and happy I will be,
Gold and silver he gave to me,
Gold and silver he gave to me!
Fram and Gram were born in one hall
They both rode side by side and they never did stall
They both have lost the girl that they adore.
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore,
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore!
(As the Kate Rusby song)
