The Cobblers Daughter Lyrics

I am a cobbler's daughter
I'm thought of rude and mean
But a finer and a bonnier la*s
You have never seen
I've plagued my father's head
For my life I wouldn't wed
And my mother's in the prison cause of me

There was a handsome young man
Who used to live near me
If I went out, if I went in
He'd always follow me
I'll never rue the day
It happened as I say
I led him to my chamber room to see

I led him to my chamber
So we could be alone
And knowing that my mother
And my father were at home
He kissed me on the cheek
And I screamed till I was weak
My father came a running to the door

He's jumped upon the young man

As I was standing by
But he brought his fist behind his head
And thumped him in the eye
Then my mother heard the din
Up the stairs she did begin
With a broom for a weapon she held high

Out ran the young man
To the stairs straightway
But my mother she was waiting
Like a raging bull I'd say
She's hit him on the head
The young man fell like lead
Quite dead upon the floor he lay

Kate Rusby - Sleepless

Aug 1999

1. The Cobblers Daughter
2. I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love This Night
3. The Fairest Of All Yarrow
4. The Unquiet Grave
5. Sho Heen
6. Sweet Bride
7. All God's Angels
8. The Wild Goose
9. The Duke And The Tinker
10. Our Town
11. The Sleepless Sailor
12. Bonus Track: Cowsong
13. Bonus Track: Botany Bay