The Cocks Are Crowing
(专辑: Unfinished Business - 2017)
The
cocks are crowing, daylight's appearing It's drawing near to the
break of day Arise my charmer out of your slumber Arise my darling and come away When he came to his true love's window He kneel-ed low down upon a
stone And through a
pane he did whisper slowly Arise my darling and let me in Who is that that is at my window Who is that that knows me so well? It's me it's me your poor wounded lover That fain would talk, love, unto you a
while Go away, love, and ask your daddy If he'll allow you my bride to be And if he says no then return and tell me For this is the
last night I
will trouble you My dada he's in his bed chamber He's fast asleep on his bed of ease But in his pocket there lies a
letter Which readeth far love unto your dispraise Oh what dispraise can he give unto me? A
faithful husband to you I'll be And what other neighbours have round their houses The
same my darling you will have with me Go away then and ask your Mammie If she'll allow you my bride to be And if she says no then come back and tell me For this is the
last night I
will trouble you My mama she's an oldish woman She scarce would hear, love, one word I
say But she bids you go and to court some other For I'm not fit, love, your bride to be I
may go but I
will court no other My heart is link-ed all in your charms I
would have you wed, love, and leave your Mammie For you're just fit to lie in your true love's arms I
will go unto the
wild mountain Where I'll see nothing but the
wild deer Nor I'll eat nothing but the
wild herbs Nor I'll drink nothing but my true love's tears If Kellyboyne it was mine in a
chorus And the
green fields they were mine in white And if my pen was made of the
tempered steel sure My true love's praises I
could never write