{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos516.htm","path":"bos/bos516.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos516.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\n \n \n * \n \n TWO MAGICIANS \n (Child #44) \n recorded by Steeleye Span \"Below the Salt\"\n \n She looked out of the window, as white as any milk\n He looked in at the window, as black as any silk\n \n (Chorus): Hello, hello, hello, hello you coal black smith\n You have done me no harm! \n You never shall have my maidenhead\n That I have kept so long! \n I'd rather die a maid, aye, and then she said,\n And be buried all in my grave,\n Than to have such a nasty, \n husky, dusky, fusty, musty coal black smith!\n A maiden I will die! \n \n She became a duck, a duck all in the stream\n And he became a waterdog, and fetched her back again\n \n She became a star, a star all in the night\n And he became a thundercloud and muffled her out of sight\n \n She became a rose, a rose all in the wood\n And he became a bumblebee and kissed her where she stood\n \n She became a nun, a nun all dressed in white\n And he became a chantry priest to pray for her by night\n \n She became a trout, a trout all in the brook\n And he became a feathered fly, and catched her with his hook\n \n She became a quilt, a quilt all on her bed\n And he became a coverlet, and gained her maidenhead!\n \n note: This has MANY variants. See Robert Graves' \"The White Goddess\" pg. 401!\n \n * \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2307","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Two Magicians","type":"page"}