The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58169   Message #919139
Posted By: Sorcha
26-Mar-03 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req/Lyr Add: The Blacksmith (Foster & Allen)
Subject: Lyr Add: The Blacksmith
Didn't find a tune, but just for completeness, here are all the lyrics:

The Blacksmith
(songwriter?)

Twenty years ago last Christmas
Came a tempter to my wife
Stole the only flower I cherished
And I vowed I'd have his life
In the street one day I met him
In my eyes that villain grinned
Then the curse of Cain came o'er me
'Twas on that very day I sinned

Chorus:
Sure I dream as the hammer strikes the anvil
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor
Of my blue eyed turtle dove
She's the only girl I loved
As she stood outside that good old smithy door

Twelve months passed then came my trial
In the court I saw my wife
And as I heard her beg for mercy
As they sentenced me to life
Twelve long years I read her letters
Only comfort I can tell
When I heard that she was dying
'Twas then my lonely spirits fell

Chorus;

Late one night I dodged the warder
O'er the prison wall I sprang
I got home footsore and weary
At the breaking of the dawn
She was glad so glad to see me
In my arms that night she died
When the warders rushed the doorway
They found me kneeling there inside
When they saw her lifeless body
And I kneeling on the floor
They said Jack my lad we trust you
Come back when you've laid her low

Chorus:

Last two lines to finish......