Edbury Down - Brinsley Schwarz

Warm summer morning with nothing to do

And over my shoulder hung a beautiful blue

Maybe I’ll walk the four miles to Ebury Down

And maybe lay my lady if there’s no one around

Li li li li, li li li li, li li

And every time I hurt you, lady

I would gladly kiss it all right

And every time I hurt you, lady

I’m on the light… and dark side of the moon

Well I searched for an hour for a man that I’d seen

Pickin' wild berries in a copse by a stream

I looked for an hour, then I started to go

I thought, I guess, they got him as I heard the horns blow

Whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

And every time I ask you, lady

You act just like you never heard a word

I lost count of the occasions lady

By the third… or fourth time of asking

Warm summer morning with nothing in hand

Guess I’ll go back to Tonbridge to reform my band

And if I run into J.C., why, he’ll tell me the same

«There ain’t nothing down here, man, and we’re all to blame»

Li li li li, li li li li, li li

And every time I invite you, lady

You never tell me how long you will stay

Makes no difference what you choose, lady

For a day… or just twenty-four hours

Lead me down Ebury Down, leave me to die

I’ll come back one day with the world in my eye

And if I had a fortune, I’d come to no harm

With my wife and five children down on my farm

Li li li, li li li, li li li, li li li li (repeat)