The Unfortunate Lass-Eliza Carthy/The Ratcatchers

[ti:The Unfortunate Lass] [ar:Eliza Carthy] [al:Rough Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy/The Ratcatchers [00:09.89]Oh bright was the sunshine and warm was the day [00:16.72] [00:19.38]I spied a young woman wrapped up in white linen [00:26.12] [00:28.48]Wrapped up in white linen and colder than clay [00:35.35] [00:38.21]I asked her what ailed her I asked her what failed her [00:45.22] [00:47.61]I asked her the cause of all her complaint [00:54.52] [00:56.73]Well it was all on account of some handsome young sailor [01:03.46] [01:06.24]Now it's he that has caused me to weep and lament [01:13.79] [01:16.19]And had he but told me before he disordered me [01:23.47] [01:26.35]Had he but told me of it in time [01:32.33] [01:35.02]I might have got pills and salts of white mercury [01:41.73] [01:44.26]But now I'm cut down in the height of my prime [01:51.26] [01:53.91]When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure [02:00.63] [02:03.34]When I was a young girl with a sailor so brave [02:10.77] [02:12.66]Then it was out of the ale-house and into the gaol-house [02:21.47] [02:24.43]Right out of the bar-room and into my grave [02:32.10] [03:14.20]Singing come by dear mother and sit yourself by me [03:21.19] [03:23.49]Oh come by dear father oh sing me one song [03:30.17] [03:32.59]My poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking [03:39.42] [03:41.52]I'm a true-hearted girl but I know I've done wrong [03:48.03] [03:50.86]Oh once on the quayside I used to (go with me ) [03:58.66] [04:00.09]Oh in my young days when I used to be gay [04:05.96] [04:08.01]Oh down by the dock with those handsome young sailors [04:14.49] [04:17.58]Those boys are to carry me poor me to my grave [04:26.29] [04:27.92]Now mother come mother to wash and to dress me [04:34.71] [04:37.43]Send for my sister to curl my black hair [04:43.90] [04:45.75]And ask my dear brother to play the pipe slowly [04:52.47] [04:56.15]And play the dead march as they carry me there [05:03.35] [05:06.12]And send for the minister to come and pray for me [05:12.87] [05:15.00]Oh send for the doctor although it's too late [05:22.52] [05:24.27]My poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking [05:32.71] [05:36.41]My body's salivating and Hell is my fate [05:45.79] [05:46.62]The Unfortunate Lass - Eliza Carthy