COW SONG
(Traditional)

Kate Rusby



There was a farm on yonder hill, 
up where the wind it blows-o
There lived a mother and her son 
and their bonnie old brown cow-o.

This cow was a bonnie cow 
but they needed money most-o
So she said, "Please take the cow, 
to market you must go-o."

So he's walked along the way,
 he's walked but half the day-o
And there he's spied a fair young maid,
 she says, "where are you bound-o?"

I'll take this cow along the way 
Then I will, sell her On market day.
"You see this bonnie cow of mine? 
I'm taking her to market-o

Then I'll return to my mother dear 
with money in my hand-o."
So she's took this young man's arm,
 she says, "You handsome sir-o,

Come sit you down in the soft green grass,
 come rest awhile with me-o." 
She's kissed him long, she's kissed him strong,
 a fair game she did play-o,

And after playing not so hard,
 this young man he gave way-o.
I'll take this cow along the way 
Then I will, sell her On market day.

When this young man he awoke 
both girl and cow were gone-o
Gone also were the shoes he wore 
and the trousers he had on-o.

Come all you young men near and far,
 never heed a maiden's calling,
Never trust a girl with your mother's cow,
never let your trousers go
Falling down In the green grass,
falling down In the green grass 



(Contributed by =Ae= - January 2013)