The Cruel Mother
from Heart of the Hills Vol. 1 by Mardell McCombs
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumIn these ballads, dating mainly from the 1600 to 1700’s you will find the following tales:
The ghost of a dearly departed summoned from the grave gives doleful warnings.
A fair maid receives nocturnal visitations from a shape-shifting sea creature.
Plus a serial killer, murder most foul, infanticide, love, lust, betrayal and the mother-in-law from hell!
Not to mention the curious case of the Little Pig.
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lyrics
THE CRUEL MOTHER traditional
There was a fair maid lived in York
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She fell in love with her father’s clerk
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
He courted her for a year and a day
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Till that young maid he did betray
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She leaned her back against a thorn
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
And there two little babes were born
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Smile not so sweet my babes she said
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
If you smile so sweet, you’ll smile me dead
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She took her penknife, twas keen and sharp
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
And pierced those babes right through the heart
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She buried them ‘neath earth and stone
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She turned her back and headed home
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
And as she walked towards her father’s hall
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She spied two boys a-playing ball
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She said sweet babes, if thou wert mine
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
I’d dress you up in silks so fine
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Oh mother dear, when we were thine
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
You did not treat us then so fine
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She said oh babes, you can tell me sure
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
For my sins what must I endure
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Seven years to swim as a fish in the flood
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Seven years to fly as a bird in the wood
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Seven years to ring as a mourning bell
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Seven years to burn in the flames of hell
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Young maidens all, now my warning heed
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Don’t follow where false lovers lead
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
There was a fair maid lived in York
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She fell in love with her father’s clerk
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
He courted her for a year and a day
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Till that young maid he did betray
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She leaned her back against a thorn
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
And there two little babes were born
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Smile not so sweet my babes she said
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
If you smile so sweet, you’ll smile me dead
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She took her penknife, twas keen and sharp
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
And pierced those babes right through the heart
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She buried them ‘neath earth and stone
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She turned her back and headed home
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
And as she walked towards her father’s hall
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
She spied two boys a-playing ball
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She said sweet babes, if thou wert mine
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
I’d dress you up in silks so fine
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Oh mother dear, when we were thine
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
You did not treat us then so fine
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
She said oh babes, you can tell me sure
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
For my sins what must I endure
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Seven years to swim as a fish in the flood
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Seven years to fly as a bird in the wood
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Seven years to ring as a mourning bell
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Seven years to burn in the flames of hell
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
Young maidens all, now my warning heed
O’ the rose and the linsey-o
Don’t follow where false lovers lead
Down by the greenwood side-e-o
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from Heart of the Hills Vol. 1,
released September 15, 2019
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