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Finest Flower

from The Ox and the Ax by Cath and Phil Tyler

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lyrics

The wind it blows today my love
And a few small drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And she in the grave is lain
I'll do as much for my true love
As any young man may
I'll sit and mourn all on her grave
For twelve months and a day

The twelve months and a day being done
The dead began to speak
O who sits weeping on my grave
And will not let me sleep
Tis I your love sits on your grave
And will not let you sleep
For I crave one kiss from your clay cold lips
And that is all I seek

Your lips are as the roses sweet
Mine as the sulphur strong
And if you get one kiss from my lips
Your time will not be long
Tis down in yonder garden green love
Where we used to walk
The finest flowere that e'er was seen
Is withered to a stalk

Withered and dried it is sweetheart
And the flower will ne'er return
And since I lost my own true love
What can I do but mourn
Mourn not for me my own true love
Mourn not for me I pray
For I must leave you and the world
And go into my grave.

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from The Ox and the Ax, released March 30, 2018

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Cath and Phil Tyler Newcastle, UK

Cath & Phil Tyler play Anglo-American folk music using guitar, banjo, voice and fiddle. Coming together musically through a shared love of traditional narrative song, full voiced sacred harp singing and sparse mountain banjo, they have performed on stages as diverse as the Royal Opera House in London and a dank tower in the old city walls of Newcastle. ... more

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