Devonside Lyrics - Richard Thompson

By devonside she was a-marching 

it was a gang of no great size 

and surrender was the banner that she carried 

and hungry was the shiver in her eyes 

She met a boy, his health was failing 

she dropped the banner and took her prize 

and the only food she had was bread and morphine 

ah, but he fed on the shiver in her eyes 

By devonside his love was drifting 

he looked for comfort otherwise 

and there never was a rope or chain about him 

ah, she held him with the shiver in her eyes 

Ah, she said, my john, i'll be your pillow 

i'll be your lover, mother, whore and wife 

and he knew that he loved and never seen her 

when the light fell from the shiver in her eyes 

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