WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Alasdair Roberts - The Wife Of Ushers Well Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
Am G/B C
There was a lady and a lady gay
F C G
Of children she had three___
C Am G/B F
She sent them away to the North Country
C F G C
For to learn their grammarie
[Verse]
Am G/B C
They had not been gone so very long
F C G
Scarce six months and a day____
C Am G/B F
'Till death, cold death, came hasting along
C F G C
And stole these three babes away
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Am G/B C
It was all about the Christmas time
F C G
The night being cold and clear___
C Am G/B F
She looked and saw those three babes
C F G C
A-coming home to her
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Am G/B C
She made a table all long and wide
F C G
On it she put bread and wine___
C Am G/B F
"Come eat, come drink, my three little babes
C F G C
Come eat, come drink my wine"
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Am G/B C
"Oh, we want none, none of your bread
F C G
Neither do we want your wine___
C Am G/B F
For yonder comes our saviour dear
C F G C
And with him we must resign
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Am G/B C
"Green grass grows over our rosy heads
F C G
Cold clay lies beneath our feet___
C Am G/B F
And every tear that you shed for us
C F G C
Well, it wets our winding sheet"