The Baker Woman

Cm Gm The Bakerwoman in her humble lodge Cm Gm received a grain of wheat from God. Cm Gm For nine whole months the grain she stored Cm Gm C Behold the handmaid of the Lord. C G Make us the bread, Mary, Mary C G C Make us the bread, we need to be fed. Cm Gm The Bakerwoman took the road which led Cm Gm to Bethlehem the house of bread. Cm Gm To knead the bread she laboured through the night, Cm Gm C and brought it forth about midnight. C G Bake us the bread Mary, Mary C G C Bake us the bread, we need to be fed. Cm Gm She baked the bread for thirty years Cm Gm by the fire of her love and the salt of her tears, Cm Gm by the warmth of her heart so tender and bright, Cm Gm C and the bread was golden brown and white. C G Bring us the bread Mary, Mary C G C Bring us the bread, we need to be fed. Cm Gm After thirty years the bread was done. Cm Gm It was taken to the town by her only son; Cm Gm the soft white bread to be given free Cm Gm C to the hungry people of Galilee. C G Give us the bread Mary, Mary C G C Give us the bread, we need to be fed. Cm Gm For thirty coins the bread was sold, Cm Gm and a thousand teeth so cold, so cold Cm Gm tore it to pieces on a Friday at noon Cm Gm C when the sun turned black and red the moon. C G Break us the bread Mary, Mary C G C break us the bread, we need to be fed. Cm Gm And when she saw the bread so white, Cm Gm the living bread she had made at night, Cm Gm devoured as wolves might devour a sheep, Cm Gm C the bakerwoman began to weep. C G Weep for the bread, Mary Mary, C G C Weep for the bread we need to be fed. Cm Gm But the bakerwoman's only son Cm Gm appeared to his friends when three days had run Cm Gm on the road which to Emmaus led, Cm Gm C and there she knew him in the breaking of bread. C G Lift up your head, Mary Mary. C G C Lift up your head for now we've been fed.