Mediaeval Baebes The Sumerisle Lyrics

Sumerisle Lyrics

In the woods there grew a tree

A fine, fine tree was he

On that tree
there was a limb

And on that limb there was a branch

On that branch
there was a nest

And in that nest there was an egg

In that egg
there was a bird

And from that bird a feather came

Of that feather
was a bed

On that bed there was a girl

And on that girl there was a
man

From that man there was a seed

And from that seed there was a
boy

From that boy there was a man

And for that man there was a
grave

On that grave there grew a tree

In SumerIsle, SumerIsle,
SumerIsle

On that tree there was a limb

And on that limb there was
a branch

On that branch there was a nest

And in that nest there was
an egg

In that egg there was a bird

And from that bird a feather
came

Of that feather was a bed

In SumerIsle, SumerIsle, SumerIsle,
SumerIsle, SumerIsle

On that bed there was a girl (SumerIsle, SumerIsle,
SumerIsle)

And on that girl there was a man (SumerIsle, SumerIsle)

From that man there was a seed (SumerIsle, SumerIsle)

And from that
seed there was a boy (SumerIsle, SumerIsle)

From that boy there was a man
(SumerIsle, SumerIsle)

For that man there was a grave

From that
grave there grew a tree