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lyrics

Abide, abide true love, she said,
Beg and stay all night -
You shall have pleasure in my bed
By coal and candlelight.

I won't abide, you false lady,
Beg and stay all night
For I have a better love waiting
When I get home tonight.

He stooped over saddle bow
To kiss her lips so sweet;
With a dagger in her hand,
She wounded him full deep.

Why woundest me, you false lady?
Why woundest me so sore?
There's not a doctor in all the land
My mortal wound can cure.

She woke her maids in the morning,
Just at the break of day,
There's a dead man in my bed -
I wish he was away.

Some took him by the lily white hands
And others by the feet -
They threw him in an old dark well;
It was so cold and deep.

Lie there, lie there, you false young man.
Lie there, lie there alone
And let the one you love so well
Think you're long coming home.

Up and spoke a pretty little bird
Sitting in a tree,
An ill death may you die lady
For he had no love but thee.

Come down, come down, my pretty bird,
And sit upon my knee,
For I have a golden cage at home
That I would give to thee.

I won't come down, you false lady,
And sit upon your knee,
For you have slain your own true love,
I'm sure you would slay me.

I wish I had my bow to bend;
My arrow and my string;
I'd shoot you through the very heart,
Among the leaves so green.

If you had your bow to bend,
Your arrows and your string,
I'd take my wings and fly away.
You'd never see me again.

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from Spear of Flame, Horse of Air, released October 31, 2013
traditional. arrangement by Stone Breath

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Stone Breath is not new. It is cracked. Broken. Imperfect. Hidden. Weathered by the seasons.

We sing of ghosts and of forgotten paths through forest and fallow field.

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