The Grey Cock-A. L. Lloyd

[ti:The Grey Cock] [ar:A. L. Lloyd] [al:England & Her Traditional Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.62]The Grey Cock - A. L. Lloyd [00:05.76]I must be going no longer staying [00:11.06] [00:13.27]The burning thames i have to cross [00:18.86] [00:19.92]Oh i must be guided without a stumble [00:25.79] [00:27.05]Into the arms of my dear lass [00:33.99] [00:37.61]And when he came to his true love's window [00:42.19] [00:43.49]He knelt down gently all on a stone [00:48.24] [00:49.43]And it's through the pane he has whispered slowly [00:55.38] [00:55.99]My dear girl are you alone [01:02.23] [01:04.98]She rose her head from her down-soft pillow [01:10.37] [01:11.89]And snowy were her milk-white breasts [01:17.38] [01:18.38]Saying who's there who's there at my bedroom window [01:24.84] [01:25.70]Disturbing me from my long night's rest [01:32.05] [01:35.30]Oh i'm your lover don't discover [01:40.90] [01:41.70]I pray you rise love and let me in [01:46.69] [01:47.74]For i am fatigued out of my long night's journey [01:53.52] [01:54.43]Besides i'm wet into the skin [02:00.20] [02:03.50]Now this young girl rose and put on her clothing [02:08.99] [02:09.84]She quickly let her own true love in [02:14.20] [02:15.30]Oh they kissed shook hands and embraced together [02:20.98] [02:22.23]Till that long night was near an end [02:27.80] [02:31.83]Willie dear o dearest willie [02:36.68] [02:37.81]Where is that colour you'd some time ago [02:42.58] [02:43.96]O mary dear the clay has changed me [02:49.17] [02:50.16]I am but the ghost of your willie o [02:55.66] [02:58.88]Then o cock o cock o handsome cockerel [03:04.51] [03:05.11]I pray you not crow until it's day [03:09.78] [03:10.99]For your wings i'll make of the very first beaten gold [03:16.54] [03:17.77]And your comb i'll make of the silver ray [03:23.44] [03:26.13]But the cock it crew and it crew so fully [03:31.27] [03:32.22]It crew three hours before it was day [03:37.02] [03:37.95]And before it was day my love had to go away [03:43.69] [03:44.67]Not by the light of the moon nor the light of day [03:50.83] [03:54.21]Then it's willie dear o dearest willie [04:00.13] [04:01.27]Whenever shall i see you again [04:06.32] [04:07.57]When the fish they fly love and the sea runs dry love [04:14.61] [04:15.38]And the rocks they melt in the heat of the sun [04:22.35]