The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)

by The Decemberists

From the album: The Hazards of Love

Track 2 of 17 on The Hazards of Love (2009).

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Lyrics for The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)

My true love went riding out In white and green and gray Past the pale of Offa's wall Where she was wont to stray And there she came upon A white and wounded fawn Singing Oh, oh The hazards of love She, being full of charity A credit to her sex Sought to right the fawn's hind legs When here her plans were vexed The taiga shifted strange The beast began to change Singing Oh, oh The hazards of love Singing Oh, oh oh oh The hazards of love You'll learn soon enough The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone Undone Fifteen lissome maidens lay Alone in their bower Fourteen occupations paid To pass the idle hour But Margaret heaves a sigh Her hands clasped to her thigh Singing Oh, oh The hazards of love Singing Oh, oh oh oh The hazards of love You'll learn soon enough The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone Undone Undone Undone Undone

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More from The Hazards of Love

  1. Prelude
  2. The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
  3. A Bower Scene
  4. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
  5. The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
  6. The Queen's Approach
  7. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
  8. The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid
  9. An Interlude
  10. The Rake's Song
  11. The Abduction Of Margaret
  12. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
  13. Annan Water
  14. Margaret In Captivity
  15. The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
  16. The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
  17. The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)