Daughter, Daughter, Whistle-A.L. Lloyd/Alf Edwards

[ti:Daughter, Daughter, Whistle] [ar:A.L. Lloyd] [al:The Foggy Dew And Other Traditional English Love Songs (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Daughter, Daughter, Whistle - A.L. Lloyd/Alf Edwards [00:04.74]Mother I longs to marry I longs to be a bride [00:08.98]I longs to lay with some young man and close to by his side [00:13.43]Close to by his side O how happy I could be [00:17.61]For I'm young and merry and almost weary of my virginity [00:22.22] [00:24.77]Daughter I was twenty before that I was wed [00:28.92]And many a long and weary mile I carried my maidenhead [00:33.23]Oh mother that may be but it's not the case with me [00:37.72]For I'm young and merry and almost weary of my virginity [00:42.18] [00:44.60]Daughter daughter whistle and you shall have a sheep [00:48.62]I cannot whistle mother but I can sadly weep [00:53.05]My maidenhead does grieve me that fills my heart with fear [00:57.38]And it is a burden a heavy burden it's more than I can bear [01:02.04] [01:04.34]Daughter daughter whistle and you shall have a cow [01:08.42]I cannot whistle mother for indeed I not know how [01:12.33]My maidenhood does grieve me that fills my heart with fear [01:17.09]It is a burden a heavy burden it's more than I can bear [01:21.62] [01:23.92]Daughter daughter whistle and you shall have a man [01:27.82] [01:30.22]You see very well I can [01:32.17]You nasty impudent Jane I will pull your courage down [01:36.60]Take off your silks and satins and put on your working gown [01:40.57]I'll send you to the fields a-tossing of the hay [01:45.33]With your fork and rake the hay to make and then hear what you say [01:49.86] [01:51.91]Mother don't be so cruel to send me to the field [01:56.16]Where young men may entice me and to them I may yield [02:00.50]For mother it's quite well known that I am not too young grown [02:04.77]And it is a pity a maid so pretty as I should lie alone