Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Alison Gross, artist - Steeleye Span. Date of issue: 26.02.1995
Song language: English
Alison Gross |
| Alison Gross that lives in yon tower |
| The ugliest witch in the North Country |
| Has trysted me one day up to her bower |
| And many a fair speech she made to me |
| She stroked my head and she combed my hair |
| She set me down softly on her knee |
| Saying if you will be my lover so true |
| So many good things I would give to you |
| Away, away, you ugly witch |
| Go far away and let me be |
| I never will be your lover so true |
| And wish I were out of your communy |
| Alison Gross she must be |
| The ugliest witch in the North Country |
| Alison Gross she must be |
| The ugliest witch in the North Country |
| She showed me a mantle of red scarlet |
| With golden flowers and fringes fine |
| Saying if you will be my lover so true |
| This goodly gift it shall be thine |
| She showed me a shirt of the softest silk |
| Well wrought with pearls abound the band |
| Saying if you will be my lover so true |
| This goodly gift you shall command |
| She showed me a cup of the good red gold |
| Well set with jewels so fair to see |
| Saying if you will be my lover so true |
| This goodly gift I will give to thee |
| Away, away, you ugly witch |
| Go far away and let me be |
| I never would kiss your ugly mouth |
| For all of the gifts that you could give |
| She turned her right and round about |
| And thrice she blew on a grass-green horn |
| She swore by the moon and the stars of above |
| That she’d make me rue the day I was born |
| The out she has taken a silver wand |
| She’s turned her three times round and round |
| She muttered such words till my strength it did fail |
| And she’s turned me into an ugly worm |