Alfred Deller - The Lover's Ghost (Folk song) | Текст песни

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• Alfred Deller
• The Lover's Ghost (Folk song)

I must be going, no longer staying
The burning Thames I have to cross
Oh, I must be guided without a stumble
Into the arms of my dear lass

When he came to his true love's window
He knelt down gently on a stone
And it's through a pane he whispered slowly
My dear girl, are you alone?

She rose her head from her down-soft pillow
And snowy were her milk-white breasts
Saying: 'Who's there, who's there at my bedroom window
Disturbing me from my long night's rest?

Oh, I'm your love and don't discover
I pray you rise, love, and let me in
For I am fatigued from my long night's journey
Besides, I am wet into the skin

Now this young girl rose and put on her clothing
She quickly let her own true love in
Oh, they kissed, shook hands, and embraced together
Till that long night was near an end

O Willie dear, O dearest Willie,
Where is that colour you'd some time ago?
O Mary dear, the clay has changed me
I'm but the ghost of your Willie O

Then O cock, O cock, O handsome cockerel
I pray you not crow until it is day
For your wings I'll make of the very first beaten gold
And your comb I'll make of the silver grey

But the cock it crew, and it crew so fully
It crew three hours before it was day
And before it was day, my love had to go away
Not by the light of the moon or the light of day

Then it's Willie dear, O dearest Willie
Whenever shall I see you again?
When the fish they fly, love, and the sea runs dry, love
And the rocks they melt in the heat of the sun