THE WEAVER'S FOUR DAUGHTERS
As sung by Marilyn Middleton Pollock* on "A Doll's House" (1999)

1. The weaver's first daughter was born in the spring,
When the lone moon lay sleeping and the birds would not sing.
She died on the eve of her very first day,
But no tear would he shed as he laid her away.
But he grieved, oh, so dearly to lose her so early,
And he sat by his loom in the gloom of the night.

2. The weaver's next daughter was born with the sun,
At the dawning of summer when a new day begun.
She died of the pox in her very first year.
As he laid her away, he would shed not a tear,
But he grieved, oh, so dearly to lose her so early,
And he walked in the rain with the cane of a willow.

3. The weaver's third daughter was born with the fall,
When the leaves on the trees whispered soft on the wall.
She was found in the river with her hand on the shore.
She was three years of age, but he cried not once more,
And he grieved, oh, so dearly to lose her so early,
And he stood by the sea, lost with dreams in his hair.

4. The weaver's fourth daughter was born with the snow,
On a cold winter's eve when he let his heart go,
But she left him the spring of her seventeenth year,
With a gypsy from Spain with a ring in his ear,
And he grieved, oh, so dearly to lose her so early,
But no tear would he shed as he read from his book
By the fire.

And he grieved, oh, so dearly to lose her so early,
But no tear would he shed as he read from his book
By the fire.


[* She is listed at AllMusic.com as Marilyn Pollock and at Spotify as Marilyn Middleton, despite that the album cover (which can be viewed at both sites) clearly says "Marilyn Middleton Pollock." Also, Spotify omits the apostrophes from both the album title and the song title.]