--- title: The Cruel Mother (Traditional) tags: - authorship/other - exclude-from-word-count - topic/hobbies/music/banjo - type/media/music up: "[[music]]" --- # The Cruel Mother (Traditional) [The cruel mother (greenwood sidey) - Scarlett Sladek](https://youtu.be/hR6njM2x140) ## 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 "2.24.4" \paper { indent=0 } \header { title="The Cruel Mother" instrument="5-String Banjo (Open G, Capo 4)" composer="Scarlett Sladek" % probably. I haven't found a similar version. % arranger="Publius" tagline = ##f } global = { \time 4/4 \tempo 2 = 120 \key b \major } mel_a = { %\global %b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3\mf 8 \deadNote b'8\5 % There gis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 gis4\4 % lived b8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 % a gis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 % la- gis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 % -dy, fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 % lived fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 % in fis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 % Yo- fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 % rk } mel_b = { %\global \break b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 % All b4\3 b8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 % Al- b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 % -one fis4\4 % and gis8\4 b'8\5 % a- cis'4\3 cis'8\3 b'8\5 cis'4\3 % -lone- cis'8\3 b'8\5 % -ly, cis'4\3 cis'8\3 b'8\5 % oh! } mel_c = { \break cis'4\3 % (breath) b8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 % She gis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 % fell gis4\4 b8\3 b'8\5 % in gis4\4 gis8\4 b'8\5 % love fis4\4 % with fis8\4 b'8\5 % her fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 % own fis4\4 gis8\4 \deadNote b'8\5 % father's fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 fis4\4 fis8\4 b'8\5 % clark } mel_d = { %\global \break b4\3\accent b8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 % Down cis'4\3 dis'8\2 \deadNote b'8\5 % by the cis'4\3 cis'8\3 b'8\5 % green- b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 % -wood b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 } mel_e = { %\global \break b4\3 b8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 % Down cis'4\3 dis'8\2 \deadNote b'8\5 % by the cis'4\3 cis'8\3 b'8\5 % green- b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 % -wood b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 } mel_f = { %\global \break fis'4\1 8 b'8\5 gis'4\1 8 b'8\5 %gis'8\1( fis'8\1) fis'8\1 b'8\5 dis'4\2 cis'8\3 \deadNote b'8\5 b4\3\> b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3\p b8\3 b'8\5 b4\3 b8\3 b'8\5 } voc_a = { %\global %r2 r4 fis4 % There gis2~ gis4 % lived gis4 % a gis2 % la- fis2 % -dy, fis2 % lived fis2 % in gis2( gis2) % York } voc_b = { %\global \break fis2 % All fis4 fis2~ fis4 % alone gis4 % and gis4 % a- cis'2~ cis'4 % -lone- cis'4 % -ly, cis'2 % oh! } voc_c = { %\global \break r4 fis4 % She gis2( gis4) % fell gis4 % in gis2 % love fis4 % with fis4 % her fis2 % own fis4 gis4 % father's fis2( fis2) % clark } voc_d = { %\global \break fis2 % Down cis'4 % by cis'4 % the b2 % green- cis'2 % -wood cis'2( cis'4) % si- cis'4 % -dey, cis'4 % oh! r4 % (breath) } voc_e = { %\global \break fis2 cis'4 cis'4 b2 cis'2 cis'1 cis'1 } lyr_a = \lyricmode { There lived a la -- dy, lived in York, } lyr_b = \lyricmode { All a -- lone and a -- lone -- ly, oh! } lyr_c = \lyricmode { She fell in love with her own fa -- ther’s clark, } lyr_d = \lyricmode { Down by the green -- wood si -- dey, oh! } lyr_e = \lyricmode { Down by the green -- wood si -- dey. } \score { << \new TabStaff \with { midiInstrument = "banjo" tablatureFormat = #fret-number-tablature-format-banjo stringTunings = \stringTuning % Open G capo'd to fret 4 % stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning % equivalent to \stringTuning } { % \set Score.stringOneTopmost = ##f \override Beam.concaveness = #10000 \clef moderntab \numericTimeSignature \stemDown \tabFullNotation \global \mel_a \mel_b \mel_c \mel_d \mel_e \mel_f } \new Staff = "voice" << \new Voice = "vocal" \with {midiInstrument = "choir oohs"} { \global \voc_a \voc_b \voc_c \voc_d \voc_e } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "vocal" { \lyr_a \lyr_b \lyr_c \lyr_d \lyr_e } >> \layout { } \midi { } } ```