FILLE-LA-HAINE.

FILLE-LA-HAINE.

Deathwent into the steeple to ring,And he pulled the rope and he tolled a knell.Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!Why are they ringing the Passing Bell?Death went into the steeple to ring;Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!Death went down the stream in a boat,Down the river of Seine went he;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat,Fille-la-Haine was nothing to me.Death went down the stream in a boat;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat.Death went up the hill in a cart(I have forgotten her lips and her laughter).Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart(And all the village was following after).Death went up the hill in a cart;Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart.

Deathwent into the steeple to ring,And he pulled the rope and he tolled a knell.Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!Why are they ringing the Passing Bell?Death went into the steeple to ring;Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!Death went down the stream in a boat,Down the river of Seine went he;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat,Fille-la-Haine was nothing to me.Death went down the stream in a boat;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat.Death went up the hill in a cart(I have forgotten her lips and her laughter).Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart(And all the village was following after).Death went up the hill in a cart;Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart.

Deathwent into the steeple to ring,And he pulled the rope and he tolled a knell.Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!Why are they ringing the Passing Bell?Death went into the steeple to ring;Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!

Deathwent into the steeple to ring,

And he pulled the rope and he tolled a knell.

Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!

Why are they ringing the Passing Bell?

Death went into the steeple to ring;

Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!

Death went down the stream in a boat,Down the river of Seine went he;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat,Fille-la-Haine was nothing to me.Death went down the stream in a boat;Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat.

Death went down the stream in a boat,

Down the river of Seine went he;

Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat,

Fille-la-Haine was nothing to me.

Death went down the stream in a boat;

Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat.

Death went up the hill in a cart(I have forgotten her lips and her laughter).Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart(And all the village was following after).Death went up the hill in a cart;Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart.

Death went up the hill in a cart

(I have forgotten her lips and her laughter).

Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart

(And all the village was following after).

Death went up the hill in a cart;

Fille-la-Haine was my sweetheart.


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