Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience, artist - Natalie Merchant.
Date of issue: 28.02.2010
Song language: English
Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience |
I had a silver penny |
And an apricot tree |
And I said to the sailor |
On the white quay |
‘Sailor O sailor |
Will you bring me |
If I give you my penny |
And my apricot tree |
‘A fez from Algeria |
An Arab drum to beat |
A little gilt sword |
And a parakeet?' |
And he smiled and he kissed me |
As strong as death |
And I saw his red tongue |
And I felt his sweet breath |
‘You may keep your penny |
And your apricot tree |
And I’ll bring your presents |
Back from sea.' |
O the ship dipped down |
On the rim of the sky |
And I waited while three |
Long summers went by |
Then one steel morning |
On the white quay |
I saw a grey ship |
Come in from sea |
Slowly she came |
Across the bay |
For her flashing rigging |
Was shot away |
All round her wake |
The seabirds cried |
And flew in and out |
Of the hole in her side |
Slowly she came |
In the path of the sun |
And I heard the sound |
Of a distant gun |
And a stranger came running |
Up to me |
From the deck of the ship |
And he said, said he |
‘O are you the boy |
Who would wait on the quay |
With the silver penny |
And the apricot tree? |
‘I've a plum-coloured fez |
And a drum for thee |
And a sword and a parakeet |
From over the sea.' |
‘O where is the sailor |
With bold red hair? |
And what is that volley |
On the bright air? |
‘O where are the other |
Girls and boys? |
And why have you brought me |
Children’s toys?' |