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Cruel Mother
Fay Hield
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She leaned her back against an oak
First it bent and then it broke
She leaned her back against a thorn
And there she has two bonny babes born
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"Smile not, smile not, my bonny babes
Smile not so sweet, you'll smile me to my grave"
She took a knife both long and sharp
And pressed it to their tender hearts
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
She pulled her gown up o'er her head
She wrapped them fine as they lay dead
She dug a grave beyond the sun
And buried them deep 'neath marble stone
For the lords to walk upon
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
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She walked the woods on a moonlit night
She saw two babes all dressed in white
She walked the halls both wan and pale
What ailed our lady there's no man could tell
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
"Oh babes, oh babes, if you were mine
I'd dress you up in silks so fine
I'd lay you soft in beds of down
And watch you move, falling dusk and dawn"
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
"Oh bonny babes, come tell me true
What death I'll die for the sake of you"
"Oh mother dear, don't torment thee
Thy sin is lesser than the loss of we"
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
Oh welcome, welcome to be foul in the wood
It's welcome, welcome for shorting the flood
I long to be the tongue of warning bell
But heaven keep me from the gates of hell
Oh bonny babes, save me from the flames of hell
(And the streams, they flow so clear)
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