Say no word She watched as she waited By the iron gate Veiled in black brocade Tom was all alone She spoke soft but breathless, He took the half-a-crown And thought how strange Long ago, she knew a man Who sailed the seas And gave her a daughter Through the vanished years Fate bestowed a lady's seat She honoured it with grace Hid the past and with it me And now, she is everything to me Though I was denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle She's bitterly breaking now Why is my dream disturbed? Cold cut the wind We pitched as we tossed From cobblestone to track Along the old canal Fierce came the frost The stone changed to pasture Could anyone survive? Has anybody seen? Long ago a fox found out, They laid the captain dead at his masthead Searching everywhere, Questioning the wind and trees I beat the empty air, Knowing it has seen her face And now, I'd give everything to know Why my flesh and blood must suffer so Turning and tossing From river to crossing Causing great confusion If only she knew she was everything to me, Alone now, somewhere, she's imploring me Oh, please forgive me I've been so thoughtless She's bitterly breaking now For, she is everything to me Though I denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle I pray we are not too late... Bleak rose the towers The rain lashed the horses We found the gate ajar Her cloak lay in a heap The captain's furled his sails It comes as no surprise She's no longer here.
Say no word She watched as she waited By the iron gate Veiled in black brocade Tom was all alone She spoke soft but breathless, He took the half-a-crown And thought how strange Long ago, she knew a man Who sailed the seas And gave her a daughter Through the vanished years Fate bestowed a lady's seat She honoured it with grace Hid the past and with it me And now, she is everything to me Though I was denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle She's bitterly breaking now Why is my dream disturbed? Cold cut the wind We pitched as we tossed From cobblestone to track Along the old canal Fierce came the frost The stone changed to pasture Could anyone survive? Has anybody seen? Long ago a fox found out, They laid the captain dead at his masthead Searching everywhere, Questioning the wind and trees I beat the empty air, Knowing it has seen her face And now, I'd give everything to know Why my flesh and blood must suffer so Turning and tossing From river to crossing Causing great confusion If only she knew she was everything to me, Alone now, somewhere, she's imploring me Oh, please forgive me I've been so thoughtless She's bitterly breaking now For, she is everything to me Though I denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle I pray we are not too late... Bleak rose the towers The rain lashed the horses We found the gate ajar Her cloak lay in a heap The captain's furled his sails It comes as no surprise She's no longer here.
