Steeleye Span – The Cruel Mother (Guitar)

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There was a lady lived in York

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She stabbed her baby to the heart

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She drew a scarf from off her head

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She bound the baby's hands and legs

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She drew a knife, long and sharp

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She stabbed the baby to the heart

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She wiped the knife upon the grass

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The more she wiped, the blood ran fast

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As she was going to her father's hall

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She saw three children playing at ball

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One in silk, the other in satin

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The other was naked as ever was born

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"Oh, dear child, if you were mine

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I'd dress you in silk and satins so fine"

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"Oh, mother dear, I once was thine

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You never would dress me, coarse or fine"

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"Mother, mother, for your sins

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Heaven you shall not enter

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There is fire beyond Hell's gate

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And there you'll burn forever"