more from
Thread Recordings
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/
  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    edition of 300

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Ox and the Ax via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 300  14 remaining

      £15 GBP or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Ferric Mordant (2018)

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Ox and the Ax via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days

      £10 GBP or more 

     

  • Poster/Print

    'The Ox and the Ax' artwork, by David Hand. Numbered limited edition of 50. Mailed in sturdy cardboard tube. A3 heavyweight art print on 300gsm grey recycled board.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 50 

      £3 GBP or more 

     

lyrics

There was a king and a glorious king
a king a king of noble fame
he had a daughter fair and bright
lady dysie was her name

She had a boy and a kitchen boy
kitchen boy of mighty scorn
she loved him sweet she loved him long
but o the grass o'ergrew the corn

all on a night and a winters night
the king the king could take no rest
he has come to his daughters bed
wandering like any ghost,

rise lady dysie rise
rise rise and put on your gown
I see that where you went so slim
I fear that now you go so round

if I do despise me not
he and he is all my joy
and I would give my house and land
that I could marry my kitchen boy

the king has called his merry men all
all of thirty all of three
catch to me this pretty young boy
catch him kill him secretly

they have caught this pretty young boy
caught him twixt two feather beds
nothing was heard and nothing was spoke
til this young boy was smothered and dead

and they cut out his pretty young heart
put it in a cup of gold
given it to his lady dysie
saying lady now behold

come to me my honey my heart
come to me my sweet my joy
come to me my honey my heart
my love my one my kitchen boy

and she has taken this cup of gold
she has laid it on a stone
saying better I love this bonny young boy
than you and all my fathers land

and she has taken him heart in hand
she has laid it on the floor
the tears sprang dazzling from her eyes
but o the heart it bled no more

credits

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

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

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

contact / help

Contact Cath and Phil Tyler

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Cath and Phil Tyler recommends:

If you like Cath and Phil Tyler, you may also like: