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The Cruel Mother

from A Lion Walks Among Us by Silverlode

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Traditional song adapted from the Alasdair Roberts version.

lyrics

She has leaned her back up against the thorn
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
She has had a bonny babe born
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

She has laid him beneath some marble stone
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
And sorrow has shook her to the bone
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

“Oh bonny babe, if you were mine
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
I'd dress you up in silk so fine”
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

“Oh mother mine, when I was thine
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
I never saw anything quite so fine”
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

“Oh bonny babe, pray tell to me
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
The sort of death I shall have to die”
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

“Seven years of tongue to the warning bell
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
Seven years in the flames of hell!
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

Oh mother mine, God shan’t save thee ---
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
Seven years for the murder of me!”
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

“Oh child, please, will you not forgive me
(The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall)
For I was but a maid in desperate need?”
(And the lion shall be Lord of all)

credits

from A Lion Walks Among Us, released March 24, 2017
Rob – Vocal, Acoustic & Electric
Guitars, Programming
Scott – Vocal, Bass, Piano, Synth
Hannah – Vocal, Synth
Gaz – Vocal, Harmonics
Rob Bromley – Violin
Mo Longfellow – Drums

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Silverlode Leeds, UK

Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.

A folk band in the broadest sense of the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.

DIY since 2001. ... more

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