KNIGHT:
O pray, gentle maiden, let me be your lover,
Condemn me no longer to mourn and to weep,
Struck down like a hart I lie bleeding and panting,
So let down your drawbridge I'll enter your keep.
CHORUS
Enter your keep, nonny nonny,
Enter your keep, nonny nonny,
Let down your drawbridge, I'll enter your keep.
LADY:
Alas, gentle errant, I am not a maiden,
I'm wed to Sir Oswald, The cunning old Celt,
He's gone to the wars for a twelve month or longer,
And taken the key to my chastity belt.
CHORUS:
Chastity belt nonny nonny etc.....
KNIGHT:
Fear not, gentle maiden, I know of a locksmith,
We'll go to his forge, on his door we will knock,
And try to avail of his specialised knowledge,
And see if he's able to unpick your lock.
CHORUS:
Unpick your lock nonny nonny etc.....
LOCKSMITH:
Alas, sir and madam, to help I'm unable,
My technical knowledge is of no avail,
I can't find the secret of your combination,
The cunning old bastard has fitted a Yale.
CHORUS:
Fitted a Yale nonny nonny etc.....
SIR OSWALD:
I'm back from the wars with sad news of disaster,
A terrible mishap I have to confide,
As my ship was passing the Straits of Gibraltar,
I carelessly dropped the key over the side.
CHORUS:
Over the side nonny nonny....
LADY:
"Alas and alack, I am locked up forever",
PAGEBOY:
Then up stepped the pageboy saying "leave this to me,
If you will allow me to enter your chamber,
I'll open it up with my skeleton key".
CHORUS:
Skeleton key nonny nonny,
Skeleton key nonny nonny,
Open her up with his skeleton key.
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