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[Verse 1]
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William Fitzwilliam went walking in April
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With sweet briar roses on the banks of the Thames
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When over his kerchief, there came such a clamor
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That William Fitzwilliam took shelter within

[Chorus]
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Don't lose your head to this brooding and raging
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Don't give your heart to the sweetness of sin
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And don't go out wandering, the ghosts hover around you
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The Howards and the Seymours
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The Poles and Boleyns

[Verse 2]
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William Fitzwilliam emerged from the arbors
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A luminous show such as he'd never seen
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And so on to London he lit on his skateboard
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Arrived in a tumult to greet the new queen

[Chorus]
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Don't lose your head to this brooding and raging
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Don't give your heart to the sweetness of sin
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And don't go out wandering, the ghosts hover around you
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The Howards and the Seymours
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The Poles and Boleyns

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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As night settled earthly all clad in its sable
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And England's fair princes were snug in their beds
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William Fitzwilliam will glide on the Humber
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In star silver sneakers above the living and the dead


[Chorus]
F                                            C/G
Don't lose your head to this brooding and raging
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Don't give your heart to the sweetness of sin
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And don't go out wandering, the ghosts hover around you
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The Howards and the Seymours
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The Poles and Boleyns

[Outro]
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The Tudors and the FitzRoys
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The Poles and Boleyns