title: Cruel Motherkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Fskill: AnyTraditional folk songJudy CollinsKey: F5 -6 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 5 5There was a la-dy lived in the north-6 7 7 -7* -7 7 -6 8Oh, the rose and the lin-sie oh-7 -7 8 8 -6 -6 7 6 5 -3*She fell in love with her fath-er’s clerk-5* -5 5 -3* 5 -6 6 5Down by the green-wood sid-ie-oHe courted her for a year and a dayTill her the young man did her betrayShe leaned her back up against a thornThen she had two pretty babes bornShe took her penknife keen and sharpShe has stabbed it to their heartsAs she was walking her father’s hallShe saw two babes a-playing ballShe said Oh babes it’s you can tellWhat kind of death I have to dieSeven years a fish in the floodSeven years a bird in the woodSeven years a tongue in the warning bellSeven years in the flames of hellOh welcome welcome fish in the floodWelcome welcome bird in the woodWelcome welcome tongue in the warning bellGod keep me from the flames in hell.a