Fair Margaret and Young Whatshisname
- Margaret, lovely Margaret, a' surfing on the net
and she's all dressed in grey
when the thought come to her head she'd run down to the Freight
and hear them fiddlers play, play
she'd hear them fiddlers play - The fiddlers stood on the high, high stage
They played to great acclaim
And in their midst, the flower of them all,
There stood Young Whatshisname, Hisname,
There stood Young Whatshisname. - His fingers leapt upon the fiddle strings
His eyes lit up the room
Oh but high above his head there hung
A great grey cloud of doom, of doom
A great grey cloud of doom - And they had not played a set, a set
A set barely but barely one
When by her stood Young Whatshisname
Saying "Hey babe, how's it going, me love?
Oh hey babe how's it going?" - Then they've snuck out, into the parking lot
Just for a little smoke
And when he viewed her red rosy cheeks,
He cried "Let's snort some coke, me love."
He cried "Let's snort some coke." - And they had not done a line, a line
A line but barely one
When she thought herself some goddess or a queen
And him a great lord's son, son
Oh him a great lord's son. - He's led her by the milk white hand
Into the dressing room
And what they did there she never would declare
Beneath that cloud of doom, of doom,
Beneath that cloud of doom - Now there's four and twenty women in her women's group
All in her living room
And she cries "I've found my one and own true love,
Thought he has a cloud of doom, of doom.
He has a cloud of doom." - Then up and spoke her best woman friend
And she spoke wise and true
"A man who lives beneath a cloud of doom
Will cause your heart to rue, he will,
He'll cause your heart to rue." - Then she'd ta'en down the John Bradshaw book
From off the high, high shelf
Saying "You can't save someone from an evil spell
He'll have to save himself, poor boy,
He'll have to save himself" - Then they've all driven up to Tilden park
To dance beneath the moon
And he's still fiddling, down there at the Freight,
Beneath that cloud of doom, of doom,
Beneath that cloud of doom.