Traditional: The Creel<br>
The Creel<br>
Traditional<br>
Entire song mp3 (644K)<br>
The Creel is sung by Briege Murphy on her album " Now On"<br>
Please refer to Cantaria's Copyright information<br>
As I roved out on a moonlit night, excitement for to find<br>
I met on the way with a pretty little girl and I asked her to be mine<br>
With my too-ri-ah fol-a-diddle-dah<br>
My too-ri-ah ri-fol-a-diddle-dan-too-ni-doh<br>
How can I get to your father's house, how can I get to<br>
your bed<br>
My father locks the door at night, and the keys lie under his head<br>
With my too-ri-ah fol-a-diddle-dah<br>
My too-ri-ah ri-fol-a-diddle-dan-too-ni-doh<br>
If you get a ladder thirty foot, thirty foot and three<br>
And place it up to the chimney top, come down in the creel to me<br>
Well I got me a ladder thirty foot, thirty foot and three<br>
And placed it up to the chimney top, and down in the creel came me<br>
But the old one, she'd been still awake, when something<br>
that was said<br>
I'll lay me life, said the silly old wife, there's a man in my daughter's<br>
bed<br>
The old man he got out of bed to see if it was true<br>
But she pushed me down with her lily-white arms and under the coverlet blue<br>
Where are you going, father dear, where are you going so<br>
late<br>
You disturbed me of my evening prayers and oh, but they were sweet<br>
The devil take you, silly old wife, and an ill death may<br>
you die<br>
For your daughter's lying with a book in her arms, praying for you and I<br>
But the old one, she is still awake, when something else<br>
was said<br>
You can say what you want, you silly old fool, there's a man in my<br>
daughter's<br>
bed<br>
No rest, no peace could the old one get till she got up to<br>
see<br>
But her foot gave a shot to the chamber pot, and into the creel fell she<br>
Well I rocked her up and I rocked her down and I gave her<br>
a great down fall<br>
Until every rib in the old woman's side played knickknack against the wall<br>
Rise up and help me, husband dear, rise up and help me now<br>
For the one that you have wished me to, I fear he's got me now<br>
What I hope he's got, I hope he keeps and never lets it go<br>
For between yourself and your daughter dear it's time for the cock to crow<br>
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