EASY GARDENING TIPS

Nelstones Hawaiians Fatal flower garden

Nelstones Hawaiians  Fatal flower garden

Track 2 on ‘Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music volume 1 : Ballads’

I do not own the rights on this song, I just want to share some good music.

LYRICS :
It rained, it poured, it rained so hard,
It rained so hard all day,
That all the boys in our school
Came out to toss and play.

They tossed a ball again so high,
Then again, so low;
They tossed it into a flower garden
Where no-one was allowed to go.

Up stepped a gypsy lady,
All dressed in yellow and green;
“Come in, come in, my pretty little boy,
And get your ball again.”

“I can’t come in, I shan’t come in
Without my playmates all;
I’ll go to my father and tell him about it,
That’ll cause tears to fall.”

She first showed him an apple seed,
Then again gold rings,
Then she showed him a diamond,
That enticed him in.

She took him by his lily-white hand,
She led him through the hall;
She put him in an upper room,
Where no-one could hear him call.

“Oh, take these finger rings off my finger,
Smoke them with your breath;
If any of my friends should call for me,
Tell them that I’m at rest.”

“Bury the bible at my head,
A testament at my feet;
If my dear mother should call for me,
Tell her that I’m asleep.”

“Bury the bible at my feet,
A testament at my head;
If my dear father should call for me,
Tell him that I am dead.”

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