The Cruel Mother letra

Sweet juices, crushed from the fruit run over her lips,
Down her breasts, down her body, down between her hips.
Strong legs wrap around a tree, squeezes with her thighs.
Breathes life through roots with quiet sighs.

A child she bears beneath its shade with labour hard and long.
A moment's tenderness, a moment's passion, short and sweet the song.

She cradles, then buries it beneath the earth, under a drowning moon.
Nourishment, blood and bone, for the roots to find.

The cruel mother lives in the grove, dancing her life away,
Sweet as the juice on a soldier's lips on a summer's day.

Maddy Prior - Letras

• A Boy Was Born
• Accapella Stella
• After The Death
• Ali Baba
• All Around My Hat
• Allelujah
• Almost Every Circumstance
• Another Drink
• Autumn: Marigold/Harvest Home
• Baggy Pants
• Bitter Withy
• Blood and Gold / Mohacs
• Bloomers
• Bold Poachers
• Boney
• Boy On a Horse
• Boys Of Bedlam
• Brother Lawrence
• Canals
• Catseyes
• Cold Flame
• Commit The Crime
• Dance On The Wind
• Deep In The Darkest Night
• Deep Water
• Dives And Lazarus
• Each Heart
• Face To Face
• Fanny Blair
• God Squad
• Great Silkie Of Sules Skerry
• Gutter Geese
• Hail The Ball
• Half Listening
• Heart Of Stone
• Hind Horn
• Honest Work
• Hope Lies Now
• I Heard The Banns
• I Sall Goe Until A Hare
• I Shall Run And Run
• I Told You So
• In Fighting
• In The Company Of Ravens
• Jade
• Lark In The Morning
• Long Shadows
• Loot
• Mater Dolorosa
• Morning Girls
• Mother And Child
• Oh No
• Once And Future King
• Pater Noster
• Pity The Poor Night Porter
• Queen And Sovereignty
• Ravenchild
• Reynardine
• Rich Pickings
• Rigs Of The Time
• Rollercoaster
• Rosettes
• Ruled By The Moon
• Saboteur
• Saucy Sailor
• Scent Of Dog
• Scorched Earth
• Sentry
• Sheath And Knife
• Snowdrops
• Somewhere Along the Road
• Sorry The Day I Was Married
• Spring: Snowdrops/Birth
• Summer: Swimming Song
• The Cruel Mother
• The Duke Of Marlborough
• The Fabled Hare
• The Hallows
• The Hare Said
• The Laugh And The Kiss
• The Masts Of Morrigan
• The Mountain
• The Name Of Arthur
• The Rolling English Road
• The Sovereign Prince
• To Have And To Hold
• Tribal Warriors
• Trivial Hymn
• Twankydillo
• Veturae Remembering
• What Had You For Supper?
• Who Am I
• Winter: Long Shadows
• Winter: Red And Green
• Woman In The Wings
• Young Bloods