I Wish My Baby Was Born Lyrics — Ballad Lines
I Wish My Baby Was Born Lyrics
[BETTY]
I wish, I wish my baby was born
And sittin on its' papa's knee
And me, poor girl, were dead and gone
And the green grass growin' o'er my feet
I ain't ahead nor never will be
Til the sweet apple grows on the sour apple tree
But still I hope the time will come
When you and I shall be as one
[ANCESTORS]
(hum) MM. MM
[CAIT]
I wish, I wish your grave be deep
A blood-red rose laid at your feet
And on your chest a snow-white dove
So all will know you died for love
{INSTRUMENTAL}
[BETTY, CAIT, JEAN, SARAH]
I give my heart
To the willow tree
I sink my soul
Deep in the river
So from this pain
I will be free
As in my bed I lay forever
I wish, I wish my baby was born
And sittin on its' papa's knee
And me, poor girl, were dead and gone
And the green grass growin' o'er my feet
I ain't ahead nor never will be
Til the sweet apple grows on the sour apple tree
But still I hope the time will come
When you and I shall be as one
[ANCESTORS]
(hum) MM. MM
[CAIT]
I wish, I wish your grave be deep
A blood-red rose laid at your feet
And on your chest a snow-white dove
So all will know you died for love
{INSTRUMENTAL}
[BETTY, CAIT, JEAN, SARAH]
I give my heart
To the willow tree
I sink my soul
Deep in the river
So from this pain
I will be free
As in my bed I lay forever
Ballad Lines Lyrics: Song List
- Prologue
- Secondhand Shame
- The Four Marys
- Unexpected Visitor
- Handsome Molly
- Back In The Box
- Words Are Not Enough
- The Water Deep (Part 1)
- The Water Deep (Part 2)
- Queen Among the Heather
- Change of Plan
- Early Early in the Spring
- Red Red River
- I Wish My Baby Was Born
- Out Of The Dark
- Sarah's Song
- Epilogue