Hemp & Flax (feat. Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp & Nathaniel Mann)

Come you fatal sisters three whose exercise is spinnin'

And help us to pull out these threads, for here's a harsh beginnin'

With hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

Ya punks and panders everyone, come hear your lovin' sisters

In New Bridewell there is a mill, turns all our hands to blisters

With hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax, and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

Well, Bess, the eldest sister, she's stained with much honor

She can't endure the labors which have now been thrust upon her

With hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

The blind whipper, he attends, if he sees wheels left spinnin'

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

And oh, the very matron's looks turns all our mirth to mournin'

Hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax, and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

Gold and silver hath forsaken our acquaintance clearly

Ha, ha

Entwined whipcords takes their place and strikes our shoulders nearly

Strikes our shoulders nearly

And strikes our shoulders nearly

Hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

Oh, ya lusty roarin' boys, come show your brazen faces

Turn your weapons to the beetles, shoulder out these lashes

With hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero

And it's hemp and flax and toe to toe to, to toe to, toe tero