Steeleye Span - The wife of ushers well
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
C G D C D
D C D
C D C D G
[Verse]
There lived a wife in EmUsher's Well C
A wealthy E/Bwife was Amshe
She Dhad three stout and Gstalwart Emsons
And Csent them o'er the Dsea C
[Verse]
They had Dnot been from CUsher's DWell
A Gweek but Cbarely Done C
When word Dcame to this Ccarline Dwife
That Gher three Csons were Dgone G C D
[Chorus]
"I wish the CwinGd... may never Dcease
Nor flashes Cin the Dflood
Till my three Dmsons return to Cme
In Dearthly Cflesh and Dblood C
DEarthly flesh Cand Dblood" G
[Verse]
It fell about the EmMartinmas C
The nights E/Bwere long and Amdark
Three Dsons came home to GUsher's EmWell
Their Chats were made of Dbark C
[Verse]
That neither Dgrew in Cforest Dgreen
Nor on Gany Cwooded Drise C
But from the Dnorth side Cof the Dtree
That Ggrows in CParaDdise G C D
[Chorus]
"Blow up the CfirGe..., my merry, merry Dmaidens
Bring water Cfrom the Dwell
For all my Dmhouse shall feast this Cnight
Since Dmy three Csons are Dwell C
DMy three sons Care Dwell"
[Instrumental]
C G D C D
D C D
C D C D G
[Verse]
Then up and crowed the Emblood red cock C
And up and E/Bcrowed the Amgrey
The Doldest to the Gyoungest Emsaid
"It's Ctime we were aDway"
[Verse]
"For the Ccock does Dcrow and the Cday doth Dshow
And the Gchannering Cworm doth Dchide C
And we must Dgo from CUsher's DWell
To the Ggates of CParaDdise"G C D
[Chorus]
"I wish the CwinGd... may never Dcease
Nor flashes Cin the Dflood
Till my three Dmsons return to Cme
In Dearthly Cflesh and Dblood C
DEarthly flesh Cand Dblood"
[Outro]
C G D C D
D C D
C D C D G