The Wife Of Ushers Well

C G D C D D C D C D C D G Em C There lived a wife in Usher's Well E/B Am A wealthy wife was she D G Em She had three stout and stalwart sons C D C And sent them o'er the sea D C D They had not been from Usher's Well G C D C A week but barely one D C D When word came to this carline wife G C D G C D That her three sons were gone C G D "I wish the wind... may never cease C D Nor flashes in the flood Dm C Till my three sons return to me D C D C In earthly flesh and blood D C D G Earthly flesh and blood" Em C It fell about the Martinmas E/B Am The nights were long and dark D G Em Three sons came home to Usher's Well C D C Their hats were made of bark D C D That neither grew in forest green G C D C Nor on any wooded rise D C D But from the north side of the tree G C D G C D That grows in Paradise C G D "Blow up the fire..., my merry, merry maidens C D Bring water from the well Dm C For all my house shall feast this night D C D C Since my three sons are well D C D My three sons are well" C G D C D D C D C D C D G Em C Then up and crowed the blood red cock E/B Am And up and crowed the grey D G Em The oldest to the youngest said C D "It's time we were away" C D C D "For the cock does crow and the day doth show G C D C And the channering worm doth chide D C D And we must go from Usher's Well G C D G C D To the gates of Paradise" C G D "I wish the wind... may never cease C D Nor flashes in the flood Dm C Till my three sons return to me D C D C In earthly flesh and blood D C D Earthly flesh and blood" C G D C D D C D C D C D G