Bridal Chest - Sam Baker

There is a workshop

Full of noises

Things are cut

Things are bound

Things are built

Built in secret

The bridal chest

The wedding gown

Bring the maiden

From the cloister

Bring her free

Bring her bound

She will stand

With her ancestors

The bridal chest

The wedding gown

Pay the dowry

In dolls and dishes

That’s the dough

This day of crowns

That’s the dough

It is el dinero

The bridal chest

The wedding gown

Bring the captain

From the lee shore

Leave his ship

To run aground

Leave his crew

To hungry fishes

The bridal chest

The wedding gown

Pay the dowry

In dolls and dishes

That’s the dough

This day of crowns

That’s the dough

It is el dinero

The bridal chest

The wedding gown