The Cruel Mother chords

Capo 1

[Em]there was a [D]lady who [Em]lived [D]in [Em]york
she [Em]proved a [G]child by her [D]own fathers [Em]clock

[Em]she leaned her [D]back [Em]against [D]a [Em]thorn
and [Em]there she [G]had her [D]baby [Em]born

[Em]she pulled [D]out her [Em]weepi[D]ng [Em]knife
a[Em]nd she [G]took that [D]sweet babes [Em]life

[Em]she wiped the [D]blade all [Em]on t[D]he [Em]grass
but the [Em]harder she [G]wiped the [D]blood ran [Em]fast

[Em]she washed her [D]hands all [Em]in t[D]he [Em]stream
t[Em]hinking to [G]turn a [D]maid [Em]again

[Em]as she was [D]walking down [Em]her f[D]athers [Em]hall
she [Em]saw three [G]babies a [D]playing at the [Em]ball

[Em]one dressed in [D]silk the [Em]other [D]in [Em]satin
the [Em]other as [G]naked as [D]ever was [Em]born

[Em]all little [D]babies if [Em]you [D]were [Em]mine
I’[Em]d dress you i[G]n silk an[D]d satin s[Em]o fine

[Em]oh mother [D]dear I [Em]once [D]was [Em]dying
you [Em]neither [G]dress me in [D]clothes so [Em]fine

[Em]the coldest [D]clay it [Em]was [D]my [Em]bed
the [Em]green [G]grass was [D]my cover[Em]let

[Em]all my fine [D]babes what will [Em]become [D]of [Em]me
yo[Em]u’ll be seven lon[G]g years [D]a bud in [Em]a tree

[Em]seven long [D]years the [Em]tongue [D]of a [Em]bell
s[Em]even long [G]years a [D]porter in [Em]hell