The Cruel Mother

She leaned her back up against the thorn
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 Then she has a bonny babe born
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 She layed him beneath some marble stone
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 Thinking to go a maiden home
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 As she looked over her father's wall
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 She saw that pretty babe playing a ball
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Oh bonny babe if you were mine
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 I'd dress you in that silk so fine
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Oh mother mine when I was thine
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 I didn't see any of your silk so fine
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Oh bonny babe pray tell to me
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 The sort of death I shall have to die
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Seven years of fish, fish in the flood
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 Seven years of bird in the wood
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Seven years of tongue to the warning bell
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 Seven years in the flames of hell
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 Welcome, welcome fish in the flood
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 Welcome, welcome bird in the wood
 And the lion shall be lord of all
 And welcome tongue to the warning bell
 The sun shines down on Carlisle Wall
 But God keep me from the flames of hell
 And the lion shall be lord of all