ADGDA
“Oh hangman, stay your hand, Stay it for a while,
DGDAD
For I think I see my sister coming over yonder stile.”
ADGDA
"Oh sister, have you brought me gold? Or silver to set me free?
DGDAD
For to save my body from the cold, cold ground and my neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
“Oh no, I have not brought you gold or silver to set you free
DGDAD
for to save your body from the cold, cold ground and your neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
Oh, the prickle-eye bush that pricks my heart full sore
DGDAD
And if ever I get out of this prickle-eye bush then I will never get in it any more.
ADGDA
“Oh hangman, stay your hand, Stay it for a while,
DGDAD
For I think I see my mother coming over yonder stile.”
ADGDA
"Oh mother, have you brought me gold? Or silver to set me free?
DGDAD
For to save my body from the cold, cold ground and my neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
“Oh no, I have not brought you gold or silver to set you free
DGDAD
for to save your body from the cold, cold ground and your neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
Oh, the prickle-eye bush that pricks my heart full sore
DGDAD
And if ever I get out of this prickle-eye bush then I will never get in it any more.
DADGDA
“Oh hangman, stay your hand, Stay it for a while,
DGDAD
For I think I see my true love coming over yonder stile.”
ADGDA
"Oh lover, have you brought me gold? Or silver to set me free?
DGDAD
For to save my body from the cold, cold ground and my neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
O Yes, I have brought you gold and silver to set you free
DGDAD
for to save your body from the cold, cold ground and your neck from the gallows tree.”
ADGDA
Oh, the prickle-eye bush that pricks my heart full sore
DGDAD
And now that I’m out of this prickle-eye bush then I will never get in it any more.