Lyrics The Cruel Mother - Lothlorien

The Cruel Mother - Lothlorien
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Date of issue: 26.01.2000
Song language: English

The Cruel Mother

There was a lady lived in York — all the lee and loney
Fell in love with her father’s clerk — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She loved him up, she loved him down — all the lee and loney
Loved him 'til he filled her arms — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She leant her back against an oak — all the lee and loney
First it bent and then it broke — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She leant her back against a thorn — all the lee and loney
There she had two fine babes born — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She took out her reaping knife — all the lee and loney
There she took those fine babes' lives — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She wiped the blade against her shoe — all the lee and loney
The more she rubbed, the redder it grew — down by the greenwood sidey-o
She went back to her father’s hall — all the lee and loney
Saw two babes a-playing at ball — down by the greenwood sidey-o
'Oh babes oh babes if you were mine' - all the lee and loney
'I'd dress you up in scarlet fine' - down by the greenwood sidey-o
'Oh Mother Oh Mother if we were yours' - all the lee and loney
'Scarlet was our own hearts' blood' - down by the greenwood sidey-o
'Oh babes Oh babes it’s Heaven for you' - all the lee and loney
'Oh Mother Oh Mother it’s Hell for you' - down by the greenwood sidey-o

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