The Friar in the Well-Brass Monkey

[ti:The Friar in the Well] [ar:Brass Monkey] [al:The Best of Live - 30th Anniversary Celebration] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Friar in the Well - Brass Monkey [00:17.50]Now there was a friar as I been told [00:20.23]Fancied a girl sixteen years old [00:22.56]Come begging to her in the middle of the night [00:25.17]Would he sleep with her till the broad daylight [00:27.29] [00:27.88]Ay fall lal diddle air o dee [00:29.95] [00:32.60]Oh no she says for you know very well [00:35.44]If I do that I go straight to hell [00:37.96]No he says there is no doubt [00:40.41]If you were in hell I would whistle you out [00:42.93]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee [00:45.16] [01:03.23]Very well she says you can do this thing [01:05.87]You a purse of money must bring [01:08.41]He went running the money to fetch [01:10.91]She thought on a scheme the friar to catch [01:13.47]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee [01:15.70] [01:18.50]Now she got a sheet you know very well [01:21.20]She hung it up all in front of the well [01:23.75]He come back and she led him in [01:26.18]And it's Oh dear love now let us begin [01:28.77]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee [01:31.08] [01:49.01]Then cries the mate so crafty and cunning [01:51.75]I think I hear my father a-coming [01:53.71] [01:54.35]Behind the sheet the friar did trip [01:56.76]Into the well he went arse over tit [01:59.25]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee [02:01.44] [02:04.26]And the friar called out with a pitiful sound [02:06.97]Help sweetheart or I shall drown [02:09.44]She said You could whistle me out of hell [02:11.99]Whistle your own self out of the well [02:14.44]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee [02:16.79] [02:34.45]OH she hauled him out and bid him be gone [02:37.04]But he wanted his money all back again [02:39.07] [02:39.80]No she says There is one matter [02:42.12]You must pay me 'cause you fouled my water [02:44.86]Ay fall lal diddle air o dee [02:46.99] [02:49.57]Says the friar I never was treated so [02:52.30]And I'll never never come back here no more [02:54.87]Off he went on down the street [02:57.35]Dragging his bum like a new dipped sheep [02:59.86]Till me ay fall lal diddle air o dee