The Cruel Mother Chords by Alasdair Roberts

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She has leaned her back up against a thorn,
[F] The sun shines [Eb] down on [Fm] Carlisle Wall.
Then [Eb] she has a bonnie [F] babe born,
And [F] the lion shall be [Eb] lord of all.
She laid him beneath some marble stone,
[F] The sun shines [Ab] down on [Fm] Carlisle Wall.
Thinking [Eb] to go a-need-um home,
And [Eb] the lion shall be lord of all. _ _ _
_ And she was going to the church,
[F] The sun shines down [Eb] on [Fm] Carlisle Wall.
She [Eb] saw that pretty babe [F] in the porch,
And the [Eb] lion shall be lord of all.
Oh bonnie babe, if you were mine,
[Fm] The sun shines [Ab] down on [Fm] Carlisle Wall.
I'd dress [Eb] you up in the silk [Fm] so fine,
[Eb] And the lion shall be lord of all.
Oh mother mine, when I was [Fm] thine,
The sun shines [Eb] down on [Fm] Carlisle Wall.
[F] I didn't [Eb] see any of your silk [Fm] so fine,
[Ebm] And the [F] lion shall be [Eb] lord of all.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Oh bonnie babe, pray tell to me,
[Ab] The sun shines down on [Bbm] Carlisle Wall.
The sort [Ab] of death [Gb] I shall have [F] to die,
[Bbm] And the lion [Ab]
shall be [Gb] lord of all.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] Seven years of [Bbm] fish, fish in the flood,
[Ab] The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall.
Seven [Ab] [Gb] years of [Fm] board in the wood,
[Bbm] And the [Ab] lion shall [Fm] be [Gb] lord of all.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] Seven years of [Bbm] tongue to the warning bell,
[Ab] The sun shines down [Bbm] on Carlisle Wall.
Seven [Ab] years in the [Abm] [F] flames of hell,
And the [Ab] lion shall be [Eb] lord of all.
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_ _ _ _ Welcome, welcome, fish in the flood,
[Fm] The sun shines [Eb] down on [F] Carlisle Wall.
Welcome, [Eb] welcome, bird [Fm] in the wood,
And [Eb] the lion shall be lord of all.
And welcome, tongue to the warning bell,
[Fm] The sun shines down [Eb] on [F] Carlisle Wall.
But God keep [Eb] me from the flames [Fm] of hell, _
And the lion shall be lord of all. _ _ _ _ _ _