The Old Mans Lament letra

On a bright summer's evening I chanced to go roving
Down by the clear river I rollicked along.
I heard an old man making sad lamentation;
He was rocking the cradle and the child not his own.

cho: Hi ho, hi ho, my laddie lie aisy
For perhaps your own daddy might never be known.
I'm sitting and sighing and rocking the cradle,
And nursin' the baby that's none of my own.

When first that I married your inconstant mother
I thought myself lucky to be blessed with a wife.
But for my misfortune, sure I was mistaken
She's proved both a curse and a plague on my life.

She goes out every night to a ball or a party
And leaves me here rockin' he cradle alone.
The innocent laddie he calls me his daddy
But little he knows that he's none of my own.

Now come all ye young men that's inclined to get married
Take my advice and let the women alone.
For by the Lord Harry, if ever you marry
They'll leave you with a baby that's none of your own.
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Sainte Marie Buffy - Letras

• A man
• Bad End
• Banks Of The Roses
• Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
• Cripple Creek
• Dance Me Around
• Darling Don't Cry
• Disinformation
• Eagle Man-Changing Woman
• Emma Lee
• Fallen Angels
• Getting Started
• Goodnight
• He's an Indian Cowboy in The Rodeo
• I'm Going Home
• Jeremiah
• Johnny Be Fair
• Lady Margaret
• Lyke Wake Dirge
• Many A Mile I Have Gone
• Moonshot
• Piney Wood Hills
• Seeds Of Brotherhood
• Smackwater Jack
• Soldier Blue
• Starwalker
• The Big Ones Get Away
• The Circle Game
• The Old Mans Lament
• Universal Soldier
• Until It's Time For You To Go
• Up Where We Belong