Sting - Cushie Butterfield Lyrics
I'm a broken-hearted keelmanand I'm o'er head in loveWith a young lass from GyetsidAnd I call 'er my doveHer name's Cushie ButterfieldAnd she sells yellow clayAnd 'er cousins a muckmanAnd they call him Tom GrayCHORUSShe's a big lassShe's a bonny lassAnd she likes her beerAnd I call her Cushie ButterfieldAnd I wish she was hereHer eyes is like two holesIn a blanket burnt throughAnd her breath in the mornin'Would scare a young cooShe wears big galoshesAnd her stockings once was whiteAnd her bed gown it's lilacAnd her hat's never straightCHORUSCushie ButterfieldAa's a broken hairted keel man and Aa's ower heed in luvWiv a young lass in Gyetsid an Aa caal hor me duvHor nyem's Cushie Butterfield and she sells Yalla clayAnd her cousin is a muckman and they caall im Tom Gray.Chorus- She's a big lass an' a bonnie lass an' she likes hor beerAn they caall hor Cushie Butterfield an' aa wish she war heorHer eyes are like two holes in a blanket bornt throo,An' her brows in a mornin wad spyen a young coo;An' when aw heer her shootin "will ye buy ony clay,"Like a candy man's trumpet, it steels ma young hart away.Ye'll oft see hor doon at Sangit when the fresh harrin cims in,She's like a bagfull o'saadust tied roond wiv a string;She weers big galoshes tee, an' hor stockins once was white,An' hor bedgoon it's laelock, but hor hat's nivver strite.ChorusWhan Aa axed hor te marry us, she started te laff;"Noo, nyen o'yor munkey tricks, for Aa like nee such chaff"Then she started a' blubblin' an' roared like a bull,An' the cheps on the Keel ses As's nowt but a fyeul.ChorusShe sez "The chep that gets me'll heh to work ivry day,An when he cums hyem at neets hell heh te gan an' seek clay;An' when he's away seekin't aal myek balls an' sing'Weel may the keel row that my laddies in !"ChorusNoo, aw heer she hes anuther chep, an' he hews at Shipcote'If aw thowt she wad deceive me, ah'd sure cut me throat;Aal doon the river sailin, ansing "Aam afloat,"Biddin addo te Cushy Butterfield an the chep at Shipcote.Chorus