Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Kate Rusby
Canonical path: /kate-rusby/i-wish
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Wish
Read I Wish lyrics by Kate Rusby on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Wish
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A bold young farmer courted me
He gained my heart and liberty
He gained my heart and good free will
I must confessI love him still
I must confess I love him still
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I ne'er shall be
For that young farmer lay with me.
There is a house in yonder town
Where my love goes and sits him down
He takes a strange girl on his knee
He tells her things he won't tell me
He tells her things he won't tell me
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There is a bird in yonder tree
Some say he's blind and cannot see
I wish it was the same with me
When first I met your company
When first I met your company
Chorus
I wish my little babe was born
And I poor girl was dead and gone
And then from love I will be free
With green grass growing over me
With green grass growing over me
Chorus
A bold young farmer courted me
He gained my heart and liberty
He gained my heart and good free will
I must confess I love him still
I must confess I love him still
Chorus
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Kate Rusby performs "I Wish", and this lyric page sits inside the Kate Rusby catalog on LyroVerse.
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