--- id: aliases: [] title: The Cruel Mother (Traditional) tags: - authorship/other - destiny/permanent - exclude-from-word-count - status/incomplete - topic/banjo - type/media/music --- # The Cruel Mother (Traditional) ## Lyrics ```verse There lived a lady, lived in york All alone and a-lonely, oh! She fell in love with her own father's clark Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's leaned her back against a tree All alone and a-lonely, oh! Said "Honorable Mary, pity me" Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's leaned herself against an oak All alone and a-lonely, oh! She thought three times that her back would be broke Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's leaned her back against a thorn All alone and a-lonely, oh! And there she's had two bonnie babes born Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's taken her ribbon, long and neat All alone and a-lonely, oh! And tied those babes their hands and feet Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's taken up her small pen knife All alone and a-lonely, oh! With which to take their two wee lives Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's taken the pen knife, long and sharp All alone and a-lonely, oh! And pressed it into their tender hearts Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's wiped her pen knife on the grass All alone and a-lonely, oh! (The more)? she wiped the blood ran fast Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She's dug a grave both wide and deep All alone and a-lonely, oh! In which to put those babes to sleep Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey She went to walk in the woods one night All alone and a-lonely, oh! She saw two babes dressed all in white Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey Oh bonnie babes if you were mine All alone and a-lonely, oh! I'd dress you up in silk so fine Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey Oh mother mother we were thine All alone and a-lonely, oh! You did not dress us in silk so fine Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey Oh bonnie babes what will become of me All alone and a-lonely, oh! You'll be seven years a bird in a tree Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey Seven years a bird in a tree All alone and a-lonely, oh! Then seven years more a fish in the sea Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey Then seven years more a tongue in a bell All alone and a-lonely, oh! Then seven years more a-burning in hell Down by the greenwood sidey, oh! Down by the greenwood sidey ``` ## Tablature ```lily \version "2.25.22" % this is a work in progress. see comments. \paper { indent=0 } \header { title="The Cruel Mother" instrument="5-String Banjo" composer="Scarlett Sladek" % probably. I haven't found a similar version. arranger="Publius" } tagline = ##f mel = { \time 4/4 \tempo 4 = 120 \sectionLabel "Verse 1" fis4 8 b'8 gis4 gis8 b'8 fis4 fis8 b'8 fis4 gis8 b'8 | \break \section \sectionLabel "Refrain 1" fis4 fis8 b'8 fis4 gis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 | \break \section \sectionLabel "Verse 2" fis4 gis8 b'8 gis4 gis8 b'8 fis4 fis8 b'8 fis8( gis8) fis8 b'8 | \break \section \sectionLabel "Refrain 2" fis4 cis8 b'8 b cis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 | \break fis4 cis8 b'8 b cis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 cis4 cis8 b'8 | \break dis fis,, b'8 gis,,( fis,,) fis,, b'8 dis cis8 \deadNote b'8 b b b'8 \section } lyr = \lyricmode { There4 lived ___ a8 la-8 dy lived4 in4 York4 All4 8 a-8 lone4 and8 a-8 lone-4 8 ly oh!2 She4 fell2 in8 love8 with8 her8 own4 father's4 clark4 Down4 by8 the8 green-4 wood4 si-4 8 dey oh!2 Down4 by8 the8 green-4 wood4 si-2 dey2 } \score { << \new TabStaff = "one" { \set TabStaff.tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo \set TabStaff.stringTunings = \stringTuning % confirm \set Score.stringOneTopmost = ##f \override Beam.concaveness = #10000 \clef moderntab \numericTimeSignature \stemDown \tabFullNotation \mel } \new Lyrics \lyr >> \layout { } \midi { } } ```