June Tabor - Cold and raw

^AmCold and raw the ^GNorth did blow ^AmBleak in the morning ear^Emly ^AmAll the trees were ^Ghid in snow ^AmDagl'd by winter year^Emly ^CGentleman riding ^Go'er the heather ^AmMet with a farmer's daugh^Emter Her ^Crosy cheeks and her ^Gbonny brow They ^Ammade his mouth to wa^Ater

^AmQuickly he sa^Gluted me ^AmMeaning to shew his breed^Eming I ^Ambowed to him right ^Ggracefully His ^Amcourtesy exceed^Eming He ^Casked me where I ^Gwent so soon And ^Amlonged to begin a par^Emley I ^Ctold him, to the next ^Gmarket town A-^Ampurpose to sell me bar^Aley

"^AmIn this purse, sweet ^Ggirl," says he "^AmTwenty pounds lie fair^Emly ^AmSeek no further ^Gone to buy For ^AmI'll take all your bar^Emley ^CTwenty more would ^Gbuy delight Your ^Ambody I love so dear^Emly If ^Cyou would lay with ^Gme all night And go ^Amhome in the morning ear^Aly"

"If ^Amtwenty pounds could ^Gbuy the globe It's ^Amthis I'd never do, ^Emsir Or ^Amwere me kin as ^Gpoor as Job I ^Amwould not raise 'em so, ^Emsir ^CIf I lay with ^Gyou this night We'd ^Amget a young child toge^Emther And ^Cyou'd be gone ere the ^Gnine months end And ^Amwhere should I find a fa^Ather?"

He ^Amtold me he had ^Gmarried been ^AmFourteen years and lon^Emger Or ^Amelse he'd take me ^Gfor his own And ^Amtie the knot much stron^Emger I ^Cbade him then, no ^Gfurther roam But ^Ammanage his wedlock fair^Emly And ^Ckeep his gold for his ^Gwife at home And some ^Amother shall have my bar^Aley