North Country Maid-Marianne Faithfull

[ti:North Country Maid] [ar:Marianne Faithfull] [al:The Collection CD2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:12.55]A north country maid up to london has strayed [00:18.92]Although with her nature it did not agree [00:26.09]So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she cried [00:33.46]Oh I wish once again in the north I could be [00:40.57]For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [00:47.87]They all grow green in the north country [00:55.92] [00:57.42]While sadly I roam I regret my dear home [01:04.09]Where the lads and young lasses are making the hay [01:11.33]Where the birds sweetly sing and the merry bells do ring [01:18.44]And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay [01:25.93]For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [01:33.11]They all grow green in the north country [01:41.35] [01:42.84]No doubt if I please I could marry with ease [01:49.90]Where maidens are fair many lovers will come [01:56.82]But he that I wed must be north country bred [02:04.06]And carry me back to my own country [02:11.49]For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [02:18.72]They all grow so green in the north country