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6.6 KiB
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The Cruel Mother (Traditional)
The cruel mother (greenwood sidey) - Scarlett Sladek
Lyrics
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
\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
<fis\4 b\3 dis'\2 fis'\1>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 <fis'\1 dis'\2>8 b'8\5
gis'4\1 <fis'\1 dis'\2 fis'\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 <b' fis b dis' fis'> % Open G <g' d g b d'> capo'd to fret 4
% stringTunings = #banjo-open-g-tuning % equivalent to \stringTuning <g' d g b d'>
}
{
% \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 { }
}