The Lovely Lass from Stowe
from The Beginnings of Edward Mckilroy by Fergusson Elliott
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lyrics
The Lovely Lass from Stowe.
(A love/murder ballad)
Send for the men send for the irons,
Cos I've done a bad thing,
Here in my hands stained with her pretty blood,
Lies a silver dagger,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
The Lovely Lass from Stowe,
But in less than a day she'd taken to her bed oh another.
Now I wouldn't have struck,
But for the face of this other,
For there in her arms not just a pretty boy a bonnie lad,
But my brother,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
The Lovely Lass from Stowe.
She's so cold,
To find that all her words,
Were like the summer sun,
That brings to life then burns so sure.
It won't be long now, it won't be long now.
Don't spare a tear,
Not even one for my error,
I've left her a-bed,
Taking a kiss a single kiss from my lover,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
This Lovely Lass from Stowe.
She's so cold,
To find that all her words,
Were like the summer sun,
That brings to life then burns so sure so sure.
Send for men and send for irons,
For I have closed for all of time,
The eyes of one my sweet precious girl,
Take me to the gallows bold,
String me high and leave me cold for crows to feed,
This shattered soul...
(A love/murder ballad)
Send for the men send for the irons,
Cos I've done a bad thing,
Here in my hands stained with her pretty blood,
Lies a silver dagger,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
The Lovely Lass from Stowe,
But in less than a day she'd taken to her bed oh another.
Now I wouldn't have struck,
But for the face of this other,
For there in her arms not just a pretty boy a bonnie lad,
But my brother,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
The Lovely Lass from Stowe.
She's so cold,
To find that all her words,
Were like the summer sun,
That brings to life then burns so sure.
It won't be long now, it won't be long now.
Don't spare a tear,
Not even one for my error,
I've left her a-bed,
Taking a kiss a single kiss from my lover,
She said that she'd be mine all mine,
This Lovely Lass from Stowe.
She's so cold,
To find that all her words,
Were like the summer sun,
That brings to life then burns so sure so sure.
Send for men and send for irons,
For I have closed for all of time,
The eyes of one my sweet precious girl,
Take me to the gallows bold,
String me high and leave me cold for crows to feed,
This shattered soul...
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from The Beginnings of Edward Mckilroy,
released January 1, 2013
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Jan 2009
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