I am stretched on your grave
And I ll lie here for ever.
If your hands were in mine
I d be sure they would not sever.
My apple treemy brightness
It s time we were together
For I smell of the earth
And I m worn by the weather.


When my family think
That I m safely in my bed.
Ohfrom morn until night
I am stretched out at your head.
Calling out unto the earth
With tears hot and wild
For the loss of a girl
That I loved as a child.


Do you remember the night
Ohthe night when we were lost
In the shade of the black-thorn
And the touch of the frost?
And thanks be to Jesus
We did all that was right
And your maidenhead still
Is your pillar of light.


Ohthe priests and the friars
they approach me in dread
Ohfor I love you still
Ohmy life and you re dead.
I still will be your shelter
Through rain and through storm
And with you in your cold grave
I can not sleep warm.


(Repeat First Verse)

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