Bella

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Now, Bella was young, and Bella was fair With bright blue eyes and golden hair Oh, unhappy Bella Her step was light, and her heart was gay But she had no sense and one fine day She got herself put in a family way By a mean and wicked heartless cruel deceiver [Verse 2] She went to his house but the dirty skunk Had packed his bags and had done a bunk Oh, unhappy Bella Her landlady said "Get out, you whore Don't cross my threshold or darken my door" Poor Bella was put to affliction sore By a mean and wicked heartless cruel deceiver [Verse 3] All night she tramped the icy snows What she suffered nobody knows Oh, unhappy Bella And when the morning dawned so red Alas, alas, poor Bella was dead Sent in her youth to a lonely bed By a mean and wicked heartless cruel deceiver [Verse 4] So thus, you see, do what we will The fruits of sin are suffering still Oh, unhappy Bella As into the grave they laid her low The men said "Alas, but life it is so" But the women were chanting sweet and low "It's all the men, they've done it again, the bastards" The mean and wicked heartless cruel deceivers