{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1723247,"song":"The Cruel Mother","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366208-the-cruel-mother-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1723247?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"THE CRUEL MOTHER (Child 20)\r\nCapo 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthere was a lady who lived in york[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe proved a child by her own fathers clock[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe leaned her back against a thorn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand there she had her baby born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe pulled out her weeping knife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand she took that sweet babes life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe wiped the blade all on the grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut the harder she wiped the blood ran fast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe washed her hands all in the stream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthinking to turn a maid again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nas she was walking down her fathers hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe saw three babies a playing at the ball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\none dressed in silk the other in satin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe other as naked as ever was born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nall little babies if you were mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’d dress you in silk and satin so fine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\noh mother dear I once was dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyou neither dress me in clothes so fine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe coldest clay it was my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe green grass was my coverlet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nall my fine babes what will become of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyou’ll be seven long years a bud in a tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nseven long years the tongue of a bell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nseven long years a porter in hell[/tab]","plain_text":"THE CRUEL MOTHER (Child 20)\nCapo 1","chords":["Em","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}