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The Cruel Mother (with Lutine)

from Futile Exorcise by Paul Rooney

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She leant her back against an oak,
All alone and alone. 

She pushed and she pushed
'Til her back near broke, 

Down by the greenwoodside-o. 



She laid her head against a thorn, 

All alone and alone. 

And two pretty babies she has born, 

Down by the greenwoodside-o. 



She took a knife so keen and sharp,
All alone and alone. 

And pierced it through each tender heart.
Down by the greenwoodside.

She walked alone one moonlit night, 

All alone and alone. 

She saw two babes dressed all in white, 

Down by the greenwoodside-o. 



Oh dear babes, if you were mine, 

All alone and alone. 

I'd dress you up in scarlet fine, 

Down by the greenwoodside-o. 



Oh dear mother, when we were thine, 

All alone and alone. 

You never did dress us, coarse or fine, 

Down by the greenwoodside. 



We are in the Heavens so high, 

All alone and alone; 

And in Hell's fires you will die, 

Down by the greenwoodside.

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from Futile Exorcise, track released April 3, 2017

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