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

The Decemberists Lyrics

"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 want 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 lithesome maidens lay
Along in their bower
Fourteen occupations paid
To pass the idle hour
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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Thanks to Graham, Steph, Michele R for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Colin Meloy

Offa is a legendary king of the Angles in the genealogy of the kings of Mercia presented in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Offa's Wall is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the current border between England and Wales.