[ti:Poor Ditching Boy (Live On 'In Concert' STV, 1977)] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:Come All Ye - The First Ten Years (1968 To 1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Poor Ditching Boy (Live On 'In Concert' STV, 1977) - Fairport Convention [00:03.74]Written by:Richard Thompson [00:07.49]Was there ever a winter so cold and so sad [00:12.31] [00:12.85]Where the river too weary to flood [00:16.05] [00:17.86]The storming wind cut through to my skin [00:22.15] [00:22.77]But she cut through to my blood [00:26.81] [00:27.47]I was looking for trouble to tangle my line [00:32.54]But trouble came looking for me [00:35.50] [00:37.47]I knew I was standing on treacherous ground [00:41.48] [00:42.16]But I was sinking too fast to run free [00:46.26] [00:47.12]With her scheming idle ways [00:53.23]She left me poor enough [00:57.81] [00:58.69]The storming wind cut through to my skin [01:04.13]But she cut through to my blood [01:11.83] [01:55.27]I would not be asking I would not be seen [02:00.07] [02:00.59]I'm begging on mountain or hill [02:04.65] [02:06.09]But I'm ready and I'm blind with my hands tied behind [02:11.19]Well I've neither a mind nor a will [02:15.53] [02:16.90]Oh it's bitter the need of the poor ditching boy [02:22.49]He'll always believe what they say [02:26.47] [02:27.89]They tell him it's hard to be honest and true [02:33.20]But even mind if he doesn't get paid [02:37.34] [02:38.47]With her scheming idle ways [02:44.78]She left me poor enough [02:49.89] [02:50.41]The storming wind cut through to my skin [02:55.40] [02:56.06]But she cut through to my blood [03:00.88]With her scheming idle ways [03:07.39]She left me poor enough [03:12.29] [03:12.91]The storming wind cut through to my skin [03:18.03] [03:18.67]But she cut through to my blood