The Creel
(专辑: Welcome Here Kind Stranger - 1978)
As I
roved out on a
moonlight night Excitement for to find I
met on the
way with a
pretty little girl And I
asked her to be mine With me tooraya folderiddle da Me tooray-a right folderiddle-antin-ido How can I
get to your father's house How can I
get to your bed Oh me father locks the
door at night And the
key lies under his head If you get a
ladder, thirty foot Thirty foot and three And place it up to the
chimney top Come down in a
creel to me So I
got me a
ladder, thirty foot Thirty foot and three And I
placed it up to the
chimney top And down in a
creel came me But the
old one she being still awake Heard something that was said I'll lay me life, said the
silly old wife There's a
man in me daughter's bed The
old man he got out of bed For to see if it was true But she's pushed me down with her lily-white arms Under the
coverlet blue Where are you going father, dear Where are you going so late You've disturbed me at my evening prayers And, oh, but they were sweet Well, the
Devil take you silly old wife And an ill death may you die For your daughter's lying with the
book in her arms And she's praying for you and I
But the
old one she being still awake When something else was said You can say what you like you silly old fool There's a
man in your daughter's bed No rest no peace could the
old one get 'Til she got up to see But her foot gave a
shot to the
chamber pot And into the
creel fell she Rise and help me husband, dear Rise and help me now For the
one that you have wished to me I
fear he has me now Well, the
hoult he's got I
hope he keeps And never lets it go For between yourself and your daughter dear It's time for the
cock to crow Well, I
rocked her up and I
rocked her down And I
gave her a
great downfall 'Til every rib in the
old woman's side Played "Nick-nack" against the
wall And it's oh the
blue the
bonny blue And may the
blue do well And every old woman 'd refuse her daughter Rocked in a
creel to hell