Old Welsh Song lyrics

Song information

Artist: Joan Baez
Album: Baptism

Lyrics

Old welsh song (henry treece)
I take with me where I go a pen and a golden bowl;
Poet and beggar step in my shoes, or a prince in a purple shawl
I bring with me when I return to the house that my father's hands made
A crooning bird on a chrystal bough and, o, a sad, sad word!

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"Baptism" album track list