The Wife Of Ushers Well chords

There was a [Am]woman and she lived alone
And [Dm]babies, she had [Am]three
She sent them a[Am]way to the North Countrie
To [Em]learn their gramma[Am]rie

They'd not been [Am]gone but a very short time
[Dm]Scarcely six weeks to the [Am]day
When death, cold [Am]death, spread through the land
And [Em]swept them babes a[Am]way

She prayed to the [Am]Lord in Heaven above
[Dm]Wearing a starry [Am]crown:
Oh send to [Am]me my three little babes
To[Em]night or in the mornin[Am]g soon

It was very [Am]close to Christmas time
The [Dm]night was long and [Am]cold
And the very next [Am]morning, at the break of day
Them [Em]babies come a-running [Am]home

She set the [Am]table for them to eat
Upon it [Dm]spread both bread and [Am]wine:
Come eat, come [Am]drink, my three little babes
Come [Em]eat, come drink of [Am]mine

Oh mother, we [Am]cannot eat your bread
Neither [Dm]can we drink your [Am]wine
For the morrow [Am]morning at the break of day
Our [Em]Saviour we must re[Am]join

She made the [Am]bed in the back-a-most room
U[Dm]pon it laid a golden [Am]sheet
Upon the [Am]top a golden spread
For to [Em]help them babes a[Am]sleep

Rise up, rise [Am]up – said the eldest one
[Dm]Rise up, rise up – said [Am]he
For tomorrow [Am]morn, at the break of day
Our [Em]Saviour must we [Am]see

Cold clods of [Am]clay roll o'er our heads
[Dm]Green grass grows on our [Am]feet
And our sweet [Am]tears, my mother dear
Will [Em]wet our winding [Am]sheet