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The Lady's Fan 
The Lady's Fan 
Down in yonder lives a lady Who she is I do not know; She had two lovers and they were brothers And both of them she thought she would try. 
As these three lovers sat down to dinner together, O the lady she made this reply, " Come let us take a walk in the fields together My constant loved ones for to try. " 
First they came to the mulberry bushes, The next they came to the lion's den, O into her hand she held a fan And in the den she dropped the same. 
"If there's anybody wants to gain this lady's favour, Is there anybody here my heart for to win? If there's anybody here wants to gain this lady Return to me my fan again." 
O up speaks the bold sea captain, Unto this lady he made this reply, "O lady, in the den there lies great danger, For life, for love, I dare not try, O lady in the den there lies great danger, And in the den I will not go." 
When up speaks the bold lieutenant And unto the lady he made this reply, "O lady, in the den there lies great danger But I will return to you your fan or die." 
With sword in hand he boldly did venture, And oh the lions they looked sad and grim, He picked up the fan into his hand And from the den safely he returned again. 
O when she saw her true love a-coming And unto him no harm was done, She fell a-fainting in his arms Saying, "Take the prize which you have won." 
Then up speaks this bold lieutenant (sea captain?), Unto the lady he made this reply, "O it's lady for your sake the wild woods I'll wander And it's for your sake I'll lament and die." 
From Maritime Folk Songs, Creighton Collected from Nathan Hatt, Middle River, Nova Scotia, 1952 DT #335 Laws O25