Sol Invictus - Cruel Lincoln lyrics

Said the Lord to the Lady I am now going out Beware of Cruel Lincoln when I am gone out What cares I for Lincoln or any of his kin For my doors are all bolted an my windows are pinned As soon as the Lord had got out of sight Cruel Lincoln crept in in the middle of the night Got and pricked the sweet Baby which caused it to cry Whilst the Nurse sat a singing o hush a lullaby Cruel Lincoln rocked the cradle and the False Nurse she sung And all round the cradle the Babies blood ran O Nurse, O Nurse how sound you do sleep Whilst my little Baby almost bitterly does weep O Nurse, O Nurse, O still him with the keys He will not still my Lady, let me do what 'ere I please O Nurse, O Nurse, O still him with the ring He will not still my Lady, let me do most anything Cruel Lincoln rocked the cradle and the False Nurse she sung While out of the cradle the Babies blood sprung O Lady, dear Lady come and take him in your lap For I cannot quiet him with milk nor with pap How can I come down so late in the night Without coal or candle for to grant me any light There's two smocks in your coffer as white as any swan Put one of these about you, it will show a light down The Lady came down, not thinking any harm Cruel Lincoln stood a waiting for to catch her in his arms O Lincoln, Cruel Lincoln spare my life for one hour You shall have my daughter Betsy, she's my own blooming flower Go and fetch your daughter Betsy, she will do very well To hold up the silver basin for to catch your hearts blood There was blood in the kitchen, there was blood in the hall There was blood in the parlour where the Lady did fall As soon as the Lord had heard what was done Tears from his eyes in torrents they ran Saying the Nurse shall be hung on the scaffold so high Cruel Lincoln shall be burned in the furnace close by Cruel Lincoln shall be burned in the furnace close by