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The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy/The Ratcatchers |
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Oh bright was the sunshine and warm was the day |
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I spied a young woman wrapped up in white linen |
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Wrapped up in white linen and colder than clay |
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I asked her what ailed her I asked her what failed her |
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I asked her the cause of all her complaint |
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Well it was all on account of some handsome young sailor |
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Now it's he that has caused me to weep and lament |
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And had he but told me before he disordered me |
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Had he but told me of it in time |
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I might have got pills and salts of white mercury |
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But now I'm cut down in the height of my prime |
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When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure |
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When I was a young girl with a sailor so brave |
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Then it was out of the ale-house and into the gaol-house |
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Right out of the bar-room and into my grave |
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Singing come by dear mother and sit yourself by me |
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Oh come by dear father oh sing me one song |
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My poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking |
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I'm a true-hearted girl but I know I've done wrong |
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Oh once on the quayside I used to (go with me ) |
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Oh in my young days when I used to be gay |
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Oh down by the dock with those handsome young sailors |
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Those boys are to carry me poor me to my grave |
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Now mother come mother to wash and to dress me |
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Send for my sister to curl my black hair |
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And ask my dear brother to play the pipe slowly |
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And play the dead march as they carry me there |
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And send for the minister to come and pray for me |
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Oh send for the doctor although it's too late |
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My poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking |
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My body's salivating and Hell is my fate |
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The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy |
