{"id":231,"date":"2019-12-12T04:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:16:31","slug":"with-her-head-tucked-underneath-her-arm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/with-her-head-tucked-underneath-her-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"With her head tucked underneath her arm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Lyrics<\/strong><\/td>Weston and Lee<\/td>Music<\/strong><\/td>Harris Weston<\/td>Roud Index<\/strong><\/td>37117<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Music Hall performers<\/strong><\/td>Stanley Holloway, 1930s<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Often sung from the floor .. Though The Kingston Trio did a version, does that count?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
In the Tower of London large as life\nThe Ghost of Ann Boleyn walks, they declare\nPoor Ann Boleyn was once King Henry's wife\nUntil he made the headsman bob her hair\nAh yes, he did her wrong long years ago\nAnd she comes up at night to tell him so.\n\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm she walks the bloody Tower\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm at the midnight hour\nShe comes to haunt King Henry she means to give him what for\nGad Zooks, she's going to tell him off for having spilt her gore\nAnd just in case the headsman wants to give her an encore\nShe has her head tucked underneath her arm.<\/em>\n\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm she walks the bloody Tower\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm at the midnight hour\nAlong the draughty corridors for miles and miles she goes\nShe often catches cold, poor thing, it's cold there when it blows\nAnd it's awfully awkward for the Queen to have to blow her nose\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm.\n\nSometimes King Henry gives a spread\nFor all his gals and pals, a ghostly crew\nThe headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread\nThen in comes Ann Boleyn to 'queer' the do\nShe holds her head up with a wild war whoop\nAnd Henry cries, 'Don't drop it in the soup.'\n\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm she walks the bloody Tower\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm at the midnight hour\nThe sentries think that it is a football that she carries in\nAnd when they've had a few they shout 'Is Arsenal going to win?'\nThey think it's Alec James instead of poor old Ann Boleyn\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm.<\/em>\n\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm she walks the bloody Tower\nWith her head tucked underneath her arm at the midnight hour\nOne night she caught King Henry, he was in the canteen bar\nSaid he, 'Are you Jane Seymore, Ann Boleyn or Catharine Parr?\nFor how sweet san fairy ann do I know who you are\nWith your head tucked underneath your arm.'<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
A Weston and Lee song still very popular today, perhaps people remember the Barron Knights’ version?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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