The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25188   Message #1868006
Posted By: catspaw49
25-Oct-06 - 06:42 AM
Thread Name: Jimmy Crack Corn - Man or Myth
Subject: RE: Jimmy Crack Corn - Man or Myth
Not the place to post Nicola......If you're looking for lyrics it is best to do a search and/or start a new thread as its more likely to get results. As it were though I am too tired to bother so here's what I think you may be looking for.....If not, start a new thread:

Just As The Tide Was A Flowing
Music: Traditional; Lyric: Arranged by 10,000 Maniacs (Album: the Wishing Chair)

on one morning
in the month of May
when all the birds
were singing

I saw a lovely maiden stray
across the fields at break of day
she softly sung her roundelay

the tide flows in
the tide flows out
twice everyday returning

her cheeks were red
her eyes were brown
her hair in ringlets hanging down
upon her face to hide the frown

just as the tide was flowing

the tide flows in
the tide flows out
twice everyday returning

a sailor's wife at home must bide
she halted heavily she sighed
"he parted from poor me, a bride
I'm widowed by the sea" she cried


just as the tide was flowing

the tide flows in
the tide flows out
twice everyday returning