Lady Gay
Ton : ACapo 3English
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There was a LCady and a Lady gAmay
OAmf children she had tChree
She sent them awCay to the North Countree
To lCearn their grammarAmee
They'd not been gCone but a very short tAmime
SAmcarcely three weeks and a dCay
WChen death cruel death came harkening along
And sCtole those babes awAmay
"There is a KCing in Heaven" she cAmried
"A King of third degCree
Send back send bCack my three little babes
This nCight send them back to mAme."
She made a bCed in the uppermost rAmoom
OAmn it she put a white sCheet
ACnd over the top a golden spread
That tChey much better might sAmleep
"AmTake it off take it oCff" cried the older oAmne
"AmTake it off take it off" cried hCe
"For what's to becCome of this wide wicked world
Since sCin has first begAmun."
She set a tCable of linen fAmine
OAmn it she placed bread and wCine
CCome eat come drink my three little babes
"Come eCat come drink of mAmine."
"We want none oCf your bread mothAmer
NAmeither do we want your wCine
For yonder sCtands our Savior dear
To HCim we must resAmign."
"Green grass is oCver our heads motAmher
CAmold clay is over our fCeet
And every tCear you shed for us
It wCets our winding-sAmheet."