Cruel River - Show Of Hands

I worked on her father’s farm

Long hours of labour in the hills

Sharp of mind and strong of arm

He blessed the day he found me

Saw me as another son

Raised me as his own until

His daughter’s love I finally won

And he cursed the light around me

And he said dart, cruel river dart

Every year you claim a heart

You’ve taken hers

You’ve broken mine

You cruel, cruel river

hey hey hey

Arm in arm out on the ridge

We lay together in the sun

Beneath the tor and beyond the bridge

In her arms they caught me

One brother kept my love at bay

Two brothers held me firm and strong

And he fell upon me in such a rage

And the bitter lesson there he taught me

And he cried dart

Cruel river dart

Every year you claim a heart

You’ve taken hers

You’ve broken mine

You cruel, cruel river

Instrumental

Then begging them to leave me be

She broke away and stood alone

Just where those rocks bent down the trees

Above the roaring waters

Swift and sharp

A summer storm had raged this river into flood

And its there he reached to take her arm

And its there he lost his daughter

And he cried dart

Cruel river dart

Every year tou cliam a heatt

You’ve taken hers

You’ve broken mine

You cruel, cruel river

And I cried dart

Cruel river dart

Every year you claim a heart

You’ve taken hers

You’ve broken mine

You cruel, cruel river

You cruel, cruel river

You’re a cruel, cruel river.

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