Thistle, Levant Mine

This is onopordon acanthium, I think i.e. a (Cornish) Scottish thistle!

Thistle house is a-gettin' shaky
Thistle house is a-gettin' old
Thistle house lets in the rain
Thistle house lets in the cold
On his knees I'm gettin' chilly
But he feel no fear nor pain
'Cause he see an angel peekin'
Through a broken windowpane

That took me some time to fathom, Treeve, as I thought it was an original but I got there in the end though I feel a bit shaky.

Rosemary Clooney, Alma Cogan (what singers, what ladies) and later Shakin' Stevens.