The Dilly Song

by Current 93

From the album: Earth Covers Earth

Track 1 of 12 on Earth Covers Earth (1988).

Duration: 1:41

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Lyrics for The Dilly Song

One of them is all alone And evermore shall be so Two of them are lily-white Boys all clothed in green-oh Three of them are strangers O'er the wide world they are rangers Four it is the dilly hour When blooms the gilly flower Five it is the dilly bird That's seldom seen but heard Six it is the ferryman The boat o'er the river floats oh Seven are the seven stars in the sky The shining stars be seven-oh Eight it is the morning break Then all the world's awake-oh Nine it is the pale moonshine The shining moon is nine-oh Ten forgives all kinds of sin From ten begin again-oh

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More from Earth Covers Earth

  1. The Dilly Song
  2. Hourglass For Diana
  3. Earth Covers Earth
  4. Rome For Douglas
  5. Time Tryeth Truth
  6. Hourglass For Rosy Abelisk
  7. The Dilly Son
  8. At The Blue Gates Of Death
  9. She Is Dead And All Fall Down
  10. God Has Three Faces Wood Has No Name
  11. The Blue Gates Of Death (Before And Beyound Them)
  12. The Dreammoves Of The Sleeping King: I. He Falls Into Fields Of Sleep II. The Dreamer Dreams A Dream