Three Little Babes - Joanna Newsom

There was a knight and a lady bright 
And three little babes had she 
She sent them away to a far country 
To learn their grammary 

They hadn't been gone but a very short time 
About three months and a day 
When the lark spread over this whole wide world 
And taken those babes away 

It was on a cold cold christmas night 
When everything was still 
And she saw her three little babes come running 
Come running down the hill 

She set them a table of bread and wine 
That they might drink and eat 
She spread them a bed of a winding sheet 
That they might sleep so sweet 

'Take it off, take it off!', cried the eldest one 
'Take it off, take it off!', cried she 
'For i shan't stay here in this wicked world 
When there's a better one for me' 

'Cold clods, cold clods inside my bed 
Cold clods, down at my feet 
The tears my dear mother shed for me 
Would wet my winding sheet' 

'The tears my dear mother shed for me 
Would wet my winding sheet 
Would wet my winding sheet