Lady In Black
Em She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning,
Her D long hair flowing in the midw Em inter wind! I know not how
D she found me. For in darkness I was walking. And destruction
lay around me from a fig Em ht I could not win.
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2. She asked me name my foe then! / I said the need within some men / to fight
and kill their brothers / without thought of love or God. / And I begged
her give me horses / to trample down my enemy / so eager was my passion /
to devour this way of life. Ref.
3. But she would not think of battle / that reduces men to animals / so easy to
begin / and yet impossible to end. / For she, the mother of all men, / did
counsel me so wisely then / I feared to walk alone again / and asked if she
would stay. Ref.
4. Oh Lady lend your hand, I cried / or let me rest here at your side. / Have faith
and trust in me she said / and filled my heart with life. / There is no strength
in numbers, / have no such misconception / but when you need me be assu-
red / I won’t be far away. Ref.
5. Thus having spoke she turned away / and ‘though I found no words to say /
I stood and watched until / I saw her black cloak disappear. / My labour is no
easier / but now I know I’m not alone. / I find new heart each time I think /
upon that windy day. / And if one day she comes to you, / drink deeply from
her words so wise, take courage from her as your prize / an say hello for me.
Ref.