[00:00.00]The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy/The Ratcatchers
[00:09.89]Oh bright was the sunshine and warm was the day
[00:19.38]I spied a young woman  wrapped up in white linen
[00:28.48]Wrapped up in white linen and colder than clay
[00:38.21]I asked her what ailed her  I asked her what failed her
[00:47.61]I asked her the cause of all her complaint
[00:56.73]Well  it was all on account of some handsome young sailor
[01:06.24]Now it's he that has caused me to weep and lament
[01:16.19]And had he but told me before he disordered me
[01:26.35]Had he but told me of it in time
[01:35.02]I might have got pills and salts of white mercury
[01:44.26]But now I'm cut down in the height of my prime
[01:53.91]When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure
[02:03.34]When I was a young girl  with a sailor so brave
[02:12.66]Then it was out of the ale-house and into the gaol-house
[02:24.43]Right out of the bar-room and into my grave
[03:14.20]Singing  come by dear mother and sit yourself by me
[03:23.49]Oh come by dear father oh sing me one song
[03:32.59]My poor head is aching  my sad heart is breaking
[03:41.52]I'm a true-hearted girl but I know I've done wrong
[03:50.86]Oh once on the quayside I used to (go with me )
[04:00.09]Oh in my young days when I used to be gay
[04:08.01]Oh down by the dock with those handsome young sailors
[04:17.58]Those boys are to carry me  poor me to my grave
[04:27.92]Now mother  come mother to wash and to dress me
[04:37.43]Send for my sister to curl my black hair
[04:45.75]And ask my dear brother to play the pipe slowly
[04:56.15]And play the dead march as they carry me there
[05:06.12]And send for the minister to come and pray for me
[05:15.00]Oh send for the doctor although it's too late
[05:24.27]My poor head is aching  my sad heart is breaking
[05:36.41]My body's salivating and Hell is my fate
[05:46.62]The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy