Subject:  Wierd! Well Nightband why don't you try to get her down here? I mean, would she be eager to see you? |
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Date Posted: 00:11:09 11/08/01 Thu
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's message, "*lively singing is heard from high above, upon the roof of the dancing hall, and it is like a flock of nightingales from far north*" on 01:17:30 10/29/01 Mon
>A farmer lived in the
>north country
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And he had daughters one, two, three
>the swans swim so bonny o
>These daughters they walked by the rivers' brim
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>The eldest pushed the youngest in
>the swans swim so bonny o
>
>Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And I will give you house and land
>the swans swim so bonny o
>I'll give you neither hand nor glove
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>Unless you give me your own true love
>the swans so bonny o
>
>Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam
>ee hee an' me bonny o
>Until she came to a miller's dam
>the swans swim so bonny o
>The miller's daughter, dressed in red
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>She went for some to make her bread
>the swans swim so bonny o
>
>Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>It's very like a gentle woman
>the swans swim so bonny o
>They placed her on the bank to dry
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>There came a harper passing by
>the swans swim so bonny o
>
>He made harp pins of her fingers fair
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>He made harp strings of her golden hair
>the swans swim so bonny o
>He made a harp of her breast bone
>ee hee ho an' bonny o
>And straight it began to play alone
>the swans swim so bonny o
>
>He brought it to her father's hall
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And there was the court, assembled all
>the swans swim so bonny o
>he laid the harp upon a stone
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And straight it began to play alone
>the swans swim so bonny o
>
>And there doth sit my father the King
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And yonder sits my mother the Queen
>the swans swim so bonny o
>And there doth sit my brother Hugh
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>And by him William, sweet and true
>the swans swim so bonny o
>And there doth my false sister, Anne
>ee hee ho an' me bonny o
>Who drowned me for the sake of a man
>the swans swim so bonny o!
>
>*feet are heard shuffling above as the tune changes
>from liveliness to sadness...meloncholy notes hang in
>the air*
>
>Stars were
>falling deep in the darkness
>as prayers rose softly, petals at dawn
>And as I listened, your voice seemed so clear
>so calmly you were calling your god
>
>*here, a manner of wordless notes were sung, as sadly
>as before*
>
>Somewhere the sun rose, o'er dunes in the desert
>such was the stillness, I ne'er felt before
>Was this the question, pulling, pulling, pulling you
>in your heart, in your soul, did you find rest there?
>
>*the same wordless notes were sung out again*
>
>Elsewhere a snowfell, the first in the winter
>covered the ground as the bells filled the air
>You in your robes sang, calling, calling, calling him
>in your heart, in your soul, did you find peace there?
>In your heart, in your soul, did you find peace
>there?
>
>*a melancholy "ooo" was sung, ending the song as the
>feet began walking across the roof*
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