The Cruel Mother

C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C C She had leaned her back up against the thorn Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm Then she had the bonny babe born C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C She laid him beneath some marble stone Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm Thinking to go a maiden home C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C And she was going to the church Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm She saw that pretty babe playing a' ball C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Oh, bonny babe, if you were mine Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm I’d dress you up in the silk so fine C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Oh, mother mine, when I was thine Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm I didn’t see any of your silk so fine C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C C Oh, bonny babe, pray tell to me Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm The sort of death I shall have to die C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Seven years of fish, fish in the flood Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm Seven years of bird in the wood C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Seven years of tongue to the warning bell Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm Seven years in the flames of hell C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C C Welcome, welcome fish in the flood Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm Welcome, welcome bird in the wood C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all C And welcome tongue to the warning bell Dm C Dm The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall C Dm But god keep me from the flames of hell C Dm C And the lion shall be lord of all