Intermission song - Yolkhead

A shoddy bucket comes to river Takes the water, drinks the diver Dives the channel, finds the maiden Finds the brittle world a-fadin' Takes the maiden from the water Comes the maiden into wife Does the maiden in her body, die And carries on does life Cries the old man by the river, Sang to him their lovely daughter Dives the channel did my father A shoddy bucket comes to water What part, of my heart, did leave on the morning When passing to sea who did my love fail And though the wicker basket's a-sailing I watch my house crumble, crumble in hail What arm, in my arm, does my body build me What voice, does support, when my voice does not give When birds call her name in the throat of the morning We'll drink all the cabin, empty of gin O my darling my silent went down in the morning I'll watch for her coming, on over the sea And there stays my heart, though long left my body On over blue mountains, still waiting for thee dove the channel did my father a shoddy bucket come to water a a a -