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Let sky grow dim as the night begins
And dreams they fly away
You’ll pay the price for all your sins
As darkness follows day
As darkness follows day
He said he was her own true love
No other would he claim
He promised to the heavens above
As he laid her down again
And I will always come to you
But heed me when I say
From my cottage by the lake so blue
You must always keep away
She promised him then to obey
The way that lovers do
But in her mind it nagged away
Uncertainty it grew
She slid along the rill-side path
As the sun it softly fell
Until she came up to his hearth
In the lonely dappled dell
She took the key from ‘neath the stone
The lock it slowly turned
The door slipped free with ne’er a groan
Her curiosity burned
She took a step into the room
As her fear she stoutly tamed
Whilst light and shadow pierced the gloom
From her flickering candle flame
A baby she saw lying there
Close in her mother’s arms
A young girl’s face neath golden hair
Furrowed in alarm
Then in burst her own true love
And with an angry anguished cry
She snatched a knife that hung above
And caused her love to die
Oh brother dear the mother screamed
Your blood it flows full well
Is this a nightmare I have dreamed
I fear the truth to tell
So maidens to your vows be true
Be careful in your haste
It’s easy for the truth to screw
And your true loves life to waste
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