The Wife of Usher's Well Lyrics

Song	The Wife of Usher's Well
Artist	Karine Polwart
Album	Fairest Floo'er
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	There lived a wife at Usher's Well
	And a wealthy wife was she
	She had three stout and stalwart sons
	And she sent them o'er the sea
	They hadna been a month frae her
	Not one month and a day
	Till cauld, cauld Death come o'er the land
	And he stole those boys away
	She said “I wish the wind would never mair blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my my three boys come hame tae me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood”
	Well it fell aboot the Martinmas time
	When the nichts are lang and mirk
	The carlin wife's three boys come hame
	And their hats were o' the birk
	That neither grew in any wood
	Nor down by any wall
	But at the gates o Paradise
	Aye, the birken tree grew tall
	So she has laid the table braid
	Wi bread and blood red wine
	“Come eat and drink my bonnie boys
	Come and eat and drink o mine”
	“Oh mither bread we cannae eat
	Nor can we drink the wine
	For cauld, cauld death is Lord of All
	And to him we must resign”
	“For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet”
	So she has made a bed full braid
	And she's made it lang and deep
	She's laid it all wi golden thread
	And she's lulled those boys tae sleep
	But the cock he hadna crowed but once
	Tae welcome in the day
	When the eldest tae the youngest says
	“Brother we must away”
	“For the cock does craw, the day does daw
	And the chunnerin worm does chide
	And if we're missed out o' oor place
	Then a sair pain we maun bide”
	“For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet”
	She said “I wish the wind may never blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my three sons return to me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood”

	There lived a wife at Usher' s Well
	And a wealthy wife was she
	She had three stout and stalwart sons
	And she sent them o' er the sea
	They hadna been a month frae her
	Not one month and a day
	Till cauld, cauld Death come o' er the land
	And he stole those boys away
	She said " I wish the wind would never mair blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my my three boys come hame tae me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood"
	Well it fell aboot the Martinmas time
	When the nichts are lang and mirk
	The carlin wife' s three boys come hame
	And their hats were o' the birk
	That neither grew in any wood
	Nor down by any wall
	But at the gates o Paradise
	Aye, the birken tree grew tall
	So she has laid the table braid
	Wi bread and blood red wine
	" Come eat and drink my bonnie boys
	Come and eat and drink o mine"
	" Oh mither bread we cannae eat
	Nor can we drink the wine
	For cauld, cauld death is Lord of All
	And to him we must resign"
	" For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet"
	So she has made a bed full braid
	And she' s made it lang and deep
	She' s laid it all wi golden thread
	And she' s lulled those boys tae sleep
	But the cock he hadna crowed but once
	Tae welcome in the day
	When the eldest tae the youngest says
	" Brother we must away"
	" For the cock does craw, the day does daw
	And the chunnerin worm does chide
	And if we' re missed out o' oor place
	Then a sair pain we maun bide"
	" For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet"
	She said " I wish the wind may never blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my three sons return to me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood"

	There lived a wife at Usher' s Well
	And a wealthy wife was she
	She had three stout and stalwart sons
	And she sent them o' er the sea
	They hadna been a month frae her
	Not one month and a day
	Till cauld, cauld Death come o' er the land
	And he stole those boys away
	She said " I wish the wind would never mair blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my my three boys come hame tae me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood"
	Well it fell aboot the Martinmas time
	When the nichts are lang and mirk
	The carlin wife' s three boys come hame
	And their hats were o' the birk
	That neither grew in any wood
	Nor down by any wall
	But at the gates o Paradise
	Aye, the birken tree grew tall
	So she has laid the table braid
	Wi bread and blood red wine
	" Come eat and drink my bonnie boys
	Come and eat and drink o mine"
	" Oh mither bread we cannae eat
	Nor can we drink the wine
	For cauld, cauld death is Lord of All
	And to him we must resign"
	" For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet"
	So she has made a bed full braid
	And she' s made it lang and deep
	She' s laid it all wi golden thread
	And she' s lulled those boys tae sleep
	But the cock he hadna crowed but once
	Tae welcome in the day
	When the eldest tae the youngest says
	" Brother we must away"
	" For the cock does craw, the day does daw
	And the chunnerin worm does chide
	And if we' re missed out o' oor place
	Then a sair pain we maun bide"
	" For the green, green grass is at oor heads
	And the clay is at oor feet
	And how your tears come tumbling down
	Tae wet the winding sheet
	Tae wet the winding sheet"
	She said " I wish the wind may never blaw
	Nor fish swim in the flood
	Till my three sons return to me
	In earthly flesh and blood
	In earthly flesh and blood"

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