Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Cruel Mother , by - Alasdair Roberts. Song from the album No Earthly Man, in the genre АльтернативаRelease date: 31.03.2018
Record label: Drag City
Song language: English
The Cruel Mother |
| She leaned her back up against the thorn |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| Then she has a bonny babe born |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| She layed him beneath some marble stone |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| Thinking to go a maiden home |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| As she looked over her father’s wall |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| She saw that pretty babe playing a ball |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Oh bonny babe if you were mine |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| I’d dress you in that silk so fine |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Oh mother mine when I was thine |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| I didn’t see any of your silk so fine |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Oh bonny babe pray tell to me |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| The sort of death I shall have to die |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Seven years of fish, fish in the flood |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| Seven years of bird in the wood |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Seven years of tongue to the warning bell |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| Seven years in the flames of hell |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| Welcome, welcome fish in the flood |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| Welcome, welcome bird in the wood |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |
| And welcome tongue to the warning bell |
| The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall |
| But God keep me from the flames of hell |
| And the lion shall be lord of all |