Cushie Butterfield

"Cushie Butterfield"
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Recorded by Sting
Released:	1991-05-28
Recorded:	YYYY
Length:	1:14
Album(s):	For Our Children
Label(s):	Walt Disney Music Company
Writer(s):	Music: traditional Lyrics: George Ridley
Producer(s):	Danny Quatrochi / Sting
Studio(s):	RECORDING STUDIO(S)
Released as single:	NO

"Cushie Butterfield" is a traditional song (with lyrics by George Ridley) recorded by Sting in YYYY.

About the song

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Personnel

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Release History

Albums

"Cushie Butterfield" appears on the following album releases (please see links for further details on each title):

Cover art	Album title	Catalog no.	Release country	Format	Release date
	For Our Children	60616-2	France, USA	CD	1991-MM-DD
	For Our Children	WDR 33501-4	France	Cassette	1991-MM-DD

Singles

CD Singles

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7" Singles

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12" Singles

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Video

"SONG" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

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	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

I'm a broken hearted keelman 
And I'm o'erd in love
With a young lass in Gateshead
And I call her me dove.
Her name's Cushie Butterfield
And she sells yella clay 
And her cousin is a muckman 
And they call him Tom Grey.

She's a big lass she's a bonny lass 
And she likes her beer,
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here.

Her eyes is like two holes
In a blanket burnt through.
And her breath in the morning brows
Would scare a young cow

And when I hear her shouting
"Will you buy any clay?"
Like a candyman's trumpet,
It steals my heart away.

She's a big lass she's a bonny lass 
And she likes her beer,
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here.

You'll oft see her down at Sandgate
When the fresh herring comes in,
She's like a bagful of sawdust
Tied round with a string.

She wears big galoshes 
And her stockings once was white,
And her petticoat's lilac,
And her hat's never straight.

She's a big lass she's a bonny lass 
And she likes her beer,
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here.

When I asked her to marry me
She started to laugh,
"Now none of your monkey tricks,
For I like ne such chaff."

Then she started a blubbing,
And she roared like a bull,
And the chaps on the quay says
I'm nought but a fool.

She's a big lass she's a bonny lass 
And she likes her beer,
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here.

She says the chap that gets her
Must work every day,
And when he comes home at nights
He must gang and seek clay.

And when he's away seeking,
She'll make balls and sing,
"O well may the keel row
That my laddie's in."

She's a big lass she's a bonny lass 
And she likes her beer,
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here.

Aa's a broken hairted keel man and Aa's ower heed in luv
Wiv a young lass in Gyetsid an Aa caal hor me duv
Hor nyem's Cushie Butterfield and she sells Yalla clay
And her cousin is a muckman and they caall µim Tom Gray.

Chorus- She's a big lass an' a bonnie lass an' she likes hor beer
An they caall hor Cushie Butterfield an' aa wish she war heor

Her eyes are like two holes in a blanket bornt throo,
An' her brows in a mornin wad spyen a young coo;
An' when aw heer her shootin"will ye buy ony clay,"
Like a candy man's trumpet, it steels ma young hart away.

Ye'll oft see hor doon at Sangit when the fresh harrin cims in,
She's like a bagfull o'saadust tied roond wiv a string;
She weers big galoshes tee, an' hor stockins once was white,
An' hor bedgoon it's laelock, but hor hat's nivver strite.

Chorus

Whan Aa axed hor te marry us, she started te laff;
"Noo, nyen o'yor munkey tricks, for Aa like nee such chaff"
Then she started a' blubblin' an' roared like a bull,
An' the cheps on the Keel ses As's nowt but a fyeul.

Chorus

She sez "The chep that gets me'll heh to work ivry day,
An when he cums hyem at neets he¦ll heh te gan an' seek clay;
An' when he's away seekin't aal myek balls an' sing'
Weel may the keel row that my laddies in !"

Chorus

Noo, aw heer she hes anuther chep, an' he hews at Shipcote'
If aw thowt she wad deceive me, ah'd sure cut me throat;
Aal doon the river sailin, an¦sing "Aam afloat,"
Biddin addo te Cushy Butterfield an¦ the chep at Shipcote.

Chorus

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

sources: discogs.com, NY Times