The Pricklie Bush
          Traditional (Child 95), arranged by LookingGlass Folk

    \A: Ah, the Pricklie Bush
    \A:It pricks my heart full sore
    \A:If I ever get out of the pricklie bush 
    \A:I won't get in it anymore

\S: Oh hangman, stay your rope
\S: Won't you stay it for a while
\S: I think I see my father coming
\S: Riding over yonder stile.

\S: Father, did you bring me gold
\S: Or silver to pay my fee?
\S: For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
\S: My neck from the gallows tree?

\G: I have not brought you gold
\G: Or silver to pay your fee
\G: But I have come to see you hanging
\G: From the gallows tree.


    \A: Ah, the Pricklie Bush
    \A: It pricks my heart full sore
    \A: If I ever get out of the pricklie bush 
    \A: I won't get in it anymore

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\S: Oh hangman, stay your rope
\S: Won't you stay it for a while
\S: I think I see my mother coming
\S: Riding over yonder stile.

\S: Mother, did you bring me gold
\S: Or silver to pay my fee?
\S: For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
\S: My neck from the gallows tree?

\N: I have not brought you gold
\N: Or silver to pay your fee
\N: Your father and I have come today
\N: To see you on the gallows tree.


    \A: Ah, the Pricklie Bush
    \A: It pricks my heart full sore
    \A: If I ever get out of the pricklie bush 
    \A: I won't get in it anymore

\S: Oh hangman, stay your rope
\S: Won't you stay it for a while
\S: For I think I see my fair young neighbor
\S: Riding over yonder stile.

\S: Neighbor, what brings you here -
\S: Why have you come to me?
\S: Have you come too, to see me hanging
\S: From the gallows tree?

\N: Nay - I have brought you gold
\N: And silver to pay your fee
\N: For I'd never let my own true love
\N: Hang from the gallows tree.


    \A: Ah, the Pricklie Bush
    \A: It pricks my heart full sore
    \A: And now that I'm out of the pricklie bush 
    \A: I'll never get in it anymore

    \A: Ah, the Pricklie Bush
    \A: It pricks my heart full sore
    \A: And now that I'm out of the pricklie bush 
    \A: I'll never get in it anymore



Online:
    http://Steve.Savitzky.net/Songs/pricklie-bush/lyrics.txt

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