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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Natalie Merchant
Vocals
Dieter Hennings
Lute
Nina Stern
Recorder
Motomi Igarashi
Viola da Gamba
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Natalie Merchant
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Natalie Merchant
Producer
Nick Brophy
Additional Engineer
Adam Deane
Assistant Engineer
Angie Teo
Assistant Engineer
Derik Lee
Assistant Engineer
Peter Wolford
Assistant Engineer
Rick Kwan
Assistant Engineer
Brian Thorn
Mixing Engineer
Eli Walker
Mixing Engineer
Kabir Hermon
Mixing Engineer
Dustin Wicksell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Robert C. Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Steve Rosenthal
Mixing Engineer
Andres Levin
Producer
Nick Wollage
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Lady, lovely lady,
Careless and gay!
Once when a beggar called
She gave her child away.
The beggar took the baby,
Wrapped it in a shawl,
"Bring her back," the lady said,
"Next time you call."
Hard by lived a vain man,
So vain and so proud,
He walked on stilts
To be seen by the crowd.
Up above the chimney pots,
Tall as a mast,
And all the people ran about
Shouting till he passed.
"A splendid match surely,"
Neighbours saw it plain,
"Although she is so careless,
Although he is so vain."
But the lady played bobcherry,
Did not see or care,
As the vain man went by her
Aloft in the air.
This gentle-born couple
Lived and died apart.
Water will not mix with oil,
Nor vain with careless heart.
Writer(s): Natalie Merchant
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