The Lady of York
Chris Wood * Track #7 On Trespasser
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The Lady of York by Chris Wood
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Most people refer to her as ‘the cruel mother’. I just don’t buy it.
Thank you to Lauren McCormick from whom I learnt this song.
The Lady of York Annotated
There was a lady, lived in York,
All alone and aloney
She fell in love with her father's clerk,
Down by the greenwood sidy.
She put her back against an oak,
All alone and aloney
She pushed and she pushed till her back near broke
Down by the greenwood sidey.
She's laid down beneath a thorn,
All alone and aloney
Two little babies there were born.
Down by the greenwood sidey.
She's gone home to her father's castle hall
All alone and aloney
She was the youngest lady of them all
Down by the greenwood sidey.
And she's looked over her father's castle
All alone and aloney
She saw two little babies playing at the ball
Down by the greenwood sidey.
Oh Babes, oh, babes, if you were mine
All alone and aloney
I'd give you bread, and I'd give you wine.
Down by the greenwood sidey.
Oh Mother, Oh mother
When we were thine
All alone and aloney
Round our neck you pulled the twine
Down by the greenwood sidey.
The Lady of York Q&A
Who wrote The Lady of York's ?
The Lady of York was written by Traditional.
Who produced The Lady of York's ?
The Lady of York was produced by Chris Wood.