The Cruel Mother

Ewan MacColl

There was a lady lived in the North
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She fell in love with her faither's clerk
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

He courted her a year and a day
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
Till her the young man did betray
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

She leaned her back up against a thorn
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
There she had two pretty babes born
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

She took her penknife, keen and sharp
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She has stuck it through their hearts
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

As she was walking her father's path
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
She saw two babes a-playing ball
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

She said "O, babes, if you can tell"
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
"What kind of death I have to die."
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

"Seven years a fish in the flood"
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
"Seven years a bird in the wood"
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

"Seven years a tongue in the warning bell"
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
"Seven years in the flames of hell"
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

"Oh, welcome, welcome, fish in the flood"
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
"Welcome, welcome, bird in the wood"
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

"Welcome, welcome tongue in the warning bell"
Oh, the rose and the linsie O
"God keep me from the flames in Hell."
Down by the greenwood sidie, O

Wissenswertes über das Lied The Cruel Mother von Judy Collins

Wann wurde das Lied “The Cruel Mother” von Judy Collins veröffentlicht?
Das Lied The Cruel Mother wurde im Jahr 1964, auf dem Album “The Judy Collins Concert” veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “The Cruel Mother” von Judy Collins komponiert?
Das Lied “The Cruel Mother” von Judy Collins wurde von Ewan MacColl komponiert.

Beliebteste Lieder von Judy Collins

Andere Künstler von Folk