Sweet England-Shirley Collins

[ti:Sweet England] [ar:Shirley Collins] [al:Sweet England] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sweet England - Shirley Collins [00:15.03]As I was a walking one morning in spring [00:20.60] [00:21.28]To hear the larks whistle and the gully birds sing [00:26.97] [00:27.75]I heard a sweet maiden a making a moan [00:33.21] [00:34.17]But alas I'm a stranger a long way from home [00:39.69] [00:49.33]I came from Sweet England with my mother and dad [00:54.55] [00:55.50]And I thought in america all could be had [01:00.60] [01:01.84]Of gold and of silver and acres galore [01:08.12]And I'll never meet hunger and poverty more [01:13.62] [01:20.63]But alas for Sweet England my father is dead [01:25.90] [01:26.74]And my mother can learn but there's little for bread [01:32.48]And I dream as I gaze o'er the far distant [01:36.93]Main [01:38.77]For a fine ship to take me to england again [01:44.73] [01:54.22]And the aunt's in the country and she loves me [01:58.34]Amain [02:00.41]She look at and love me as I where her [02:05.94] [02:06.93]And nurse her in sickness and tend to her pain [02:12.70]And thank god I was back in Sweet England again [02:18.83]And it's so to be back in Sweet England again