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Steeleye Span
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Little Sir Hugh
Lyricist:Timothy Daniel Hart, Robert Michael L Johnson, Frederick Stanley Kemp, Peter Knight, Nigel John Pegrum, Madelaine Edith Prior, Traditional Lyrics
Easter day was a holiday Of all days of the year And all the little schoolfellows went out to play But Sir William was not there
Mama went to the school wife house And knocked at the ring Saying, 'Little Sir William, if you are there Pray let your mother in'
The school wife open'd the door and said 'He is not here today He is with the little schoolfellows out on the green Playing some pretty play'
Mama went to the borne water That is so wide and deep Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Saying, 'Little Sir William, if you are there Oh, pity your mother's weep'
How can I pity your weep, mother And I so long in pain? For the little pen knife sticks close to my heart And the school wife hath me slain
Go home, go home, my mother dear And prepare my winding sheet For tomorrow morning before eight o'clock You with my body shall meet
And lay my prayer book at my head And my grammar at my feet That all the little schoolfellows as they pass by May read them for my sake
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