Alasdair Roberts - The wife of ushers well

There was a lady and a lady ^Amgay ^{G/B C} Of children she had ^Fthr^Cee_^G__ She ^Csent them away to the North Coun^Amtry ^{G/B F} For to ^Clearn^F their ^Ggrammari^Ce

They had not been gone so very ^Amlong ^{G/B C} Scarce six months and a ^Fday^C___^G_ 'Till ^Cdeath, cold death, came hasting a^Amlong ^{G/B F} And ^Cstole^F these ^Gthree babes awa^Cy

It was all about the Christmas ^Amtime ^{G/B C} The night being cold and ^Fcle^Car_^G__ She ^Clooked and saw those three ba^Ambes ^{G/B F} A-^Ccoming^{F G} home to ^Cher

She made a table all long and^Am wide ^{G/B C} On it she put bread and ^Fwin^Ce__^G_ "Come ^Ceat, come drink, my three little ^Ambabes ^{G/B F} Come ^Ceat,^F come ^Gdrink my ^Cwine"

"Oh, we want none, none of your^Am bread ^{G/B C} Neither do we want your ^Fwin^Ce__^G_ For ^Cyonder comes our saviour ^Amdear ^{G/B F} And with ^Chim^F we ^Gmust re^Csign

"Green grass grows over our rosy^Am heads ^{G/B C} Cold clay lies beneath our ^Ffee^Ct__^G_ And ^Cevery tear that you shed for ^Amus ^{G/B F} Well, it ^Cwets^F our ^Gwinding ^Csheet"