The Maid and the Palmer and the Well Below the Valley
Anonymous
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 |