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The Maid and the Palmer and the Well Below the Valley

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The Well Below the Valley: La versione cantata nel 1969 da John...
21B.1 'Per sette anni sarai una pietra,
. . . . . . . . . . .
per farci riposar sopra più d'un povero pellegrino.
Tu, la bella fanciulla di Gowden-gane

21B.2 'Per sette anni sarai custode dell'inferno,
E poi ti farò venire da me.'
. . . . . . . . . . .

21B.3 'Posso ben essere tutte le altre tre cose,
Ma custode dell'inferno non lo sarò mai.'
Io, ecc. [la bella fanciulla di Gowden-gane]
THE WELL BELOW THE VALLEY

For a gentleman was passin' by
He axed a drink as he got dry
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

My cup it is in overflow
An' if I do stoop I may fall in
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

Well if your true love was passin' by
You'd fill him a drink if he got dry
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

[She swore by grass and swore by corn
That her true love was never born
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o]

Well if you're a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me the father o' them
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

[Two of them by your father dear
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o]

Two of them came by your uncle Dan
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

Another one by your brother John
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

Well if you're a man of the noble fame
You'll tell to me what happened then
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

There was two o' them buried by the kitchen fire
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

Two more o' them buried by the stable door
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

The other was buried by the well
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

Well if you're a man of a noble 'steem
You'll tell to me what'll happen mysel'
At the well below below the valley-o
Green grows the lilies-o right among the bushes-o

You'll be seven year a-ringin' a bell
At the well below the valley
Green grows the lilies-o all amongst the bushes

You'll be seven more a-portin' in Hell
At the well below the valley
Green grows the lilies-o all amongst the bushes

I'll be seven long years a-ringing a bell
But the Lord above may save my soul
From portin' in Hell
At the well below the valley
Green grows the lilies-o all amongst the bushes


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