English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes With Lyrics & sheet Music - online book

	No. 19 The Wife of Usher's Well
	2   They hadn't been there before a very short time, Scarcely six weeks and three days, Till sickness came into that old town And swept her three babes away. 3   She dreamed a dream when the nights were long, When the nights were long and cold ; She dreamed she saw her three little babes Come walking down to their home. 4   She spread them a table all on a white cloth, And on it she put bread and wines. Come and eat, come and eat, my three little babes, Come and eat and drink those wines. 5   Take it off, take it off, mother dear, cried they, For we can no longer stay, For yonder stands one, our Saviour dear, To take us in his arms. 6   She spread them a bed in the backside room. And on it she put three sheets, And one of the three was a golden sheet, For the youngest one might sleep. 7   Take it off, take it off, mother dear, cried they, For we can no longer stay, For yonder stands one, our Saviour dear, To take us in his arms.
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