Song Lyrics Unknown - Lady Gay    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Lady Gay Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Lady Gay Theme ID: 4649 Album: N/A LADY GAY There was a lady and a lady gay, Of children she had three, She sent them away to the North Countree To learn their grammaree They'd not been gone but a very short time, Scarcely three weeks and a day, When death, cruel death, came hasting along And stole those babes away. "There is a King in Heaven," she cried "A King of third degree Send back, send back my three little pages, This night send them back to me." She made a bed in the uppermost room, On it she put a white sheet, And over the top a golden spread That they much better might sleep. "Take it off, take it off," cried the older one, "Take it off, take it off," cried he, "For what's to become of this wide wicked world Since sin has first begun." She set a table of linen fine, On it she placed bread and wine, "Come eat, come drink of mine." "We want none of your bread, mother, Neither do we want your wine, For yonder stands our Savior deer, To Him we must resign." "Green grass is over our heads, mother, Cold clay is over our feet, And every tear you shed for us, It wets our winding-sheet." ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is one of the best of the American versions of "The Wife of Usher's Well," a remarkable ballad on the theme of persistent grief and tears disturbing the sleep of the dead. The children have been sent away to learn magic (grammaree), a point rarely recognized by the folk who sing the ballad. The children's death and their mother's prayer for their return culminates in their ghostly visit to warn her of the effect of her mourning. In most American versions of the Child ballads, supernatural motifs disappear, except where, as in the case of "Lady Gay," there are religious overtones to the ballad tale. From "British Ballads and Folk Songs from the Joan Baez Songbook." Child #79 @ballad @magic @death @religion recorded by John And Tony Dark Ships Deller consort, and Hedy West filename[ LADYGAY DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Lakes Of Ponchartrain, Lambs On The Green Hills, Lament Of The Reservist, Lamkin, Lamoille River, Lancashire Lass, Land Of Libertie, Landlady Of France, Landladys Daughter, Landlords Daughter, Landlords Lullaby, Lani, Lanigans Ball, Lark In The Morning, Lass Amonst The Heather, Lass From The Low Country, Lass Of Loch Royale Lord Gregory, Lassie Gathering Nuts, Lassie Wi The Yellow Coatie, Last Bouquet, Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream, Last Trip In The Fall, Lavender Cowboy, Lazarus, Lazy Lout, Leaboys Lassie, Leather Bottel, Leatherheaded Songsters, Leatherwing Bat, Leave Her Johnny, Leaving Liverpool, Leaving Of Liverpool New Version, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Leftright, Leg I Left Behind, Legion Of The Rearguard, Lemon Tree, Lesotho Anthem Text, Lesotho Native Anthem Text, Let Him Go Let Him Tarry, Let It Be, Let It Snow, Let Me In This Ae Nicht, Let No Man Steal Your Thyme Thyme, Let Onion Be, Let The Lower Lights Be Burning, Let The Rest Of The World Go By, Let Union Be In All Our Hearts, Let Your Back And Sides Go Bare, Lets Go To The Woods, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy