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Steeleye Span
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The Wife Of Ushers Well
Lyricist:Timothy Daniel Hart, Robert Michael L Johnson, Frederick Stanley Kemp, Peter Knight, Nigel John Pegrum, Madelaine Edith Prior, Traditional Lyrics
There lived a wife in Ushers Well A wealthy wife was she She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea
They had not been from Ushers Well A week but barely one When word came to this Carlin wife That her three sons were gone
I wish the wind may never cease Nor flashes in the flood Till my three sons return to me In earthly flesh and blood
It fell about the Martinmas The nights were long and dark Three sons came home to Ushers Well Their hats were made of bark
That neither grew in forest green Nor on any wooded rise Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com But from the north side of the tree That grows in Paradise
Blow up the fire my merry merry maidens Bring water from the well For all my house shall feed this night Since my three sons are well
Then up and crowed the blood red cock And up and crowed the gray The oldest to the youngest said It's time we were away
For the cock does crow and the day doth show And the channerin' worm doth chide And we must go from Ushers Well To the gates of paradise
I wish the wind may never cease Nor flashes in the flood Till my three sons return to me In earthly flesh and blood
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