That's a lovely song. Hammerite & I sing it unaccompanied - its a lovely swingy one. From memory....
The Cobbler's daughter
I am the cobblers daughter
i'm thought of rude and mean
but a finer and a bonnier lass
you have never seen
I plague me father's head
for my life I wouldn't wed
and me mothers in the prison cause of me.
There was a handsome young man
who used to live by me
if I went out if I went in
he'd always follow me
I know I don't rue the day
but it happened as I say
I took him in my chamber for to see
I took him to my chamber
where we could be alone
and knowing that me mother
and me father were at home
he's kissed me on the cheek
and I screamed til I was weak
me father came a running to the show
He's jumped upon the young man
as I was standing by
he's brought his fist behind his head
and he's thumped him in the eye
me mother heard the din
up the stairs she did begin
with a broom for a weapon she held high
Up jumped the young man
to the stairs straightway
me mother she was standing there
like a raging bull I'd say
She's hit him on the head
and the young man fell like lead
quite dead
upon the floor he lay
I am the cobblers daughter
i'm thought of rude and mean
but a finer and a bonnier lass
you have never seen
I plague me father's head
for my life I wouldn't wed
and me mothers in the prison cause of me.
Kristin