Heather Dale
Heather Dale - Lily maid lyrics
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Good sir, I now present myself before you With velvet robes and lilies in my hair My ladies do their best with what they're given And I only pray that you will find me fair I ask you leave a penny for the bargeman And one in penance for the hearts you break And keep these words forever as reminder Of what sends a dying lily to the lake Dear Lancelot, my sorrow clad in silver You see my thoughts return to you again You came to me as others come a-courting But nothing is with you as other men I ask you leave a penny for the sermon And another for the errors that you make And keep these words forever as reminder of what sends a dying lily to the lake With trembling hands I held your life inside you But failed to earn your favour for my own Your coppers were an empty consolation For my needs are met by you, and you alone I ask you leave a penny for the water And another for the liberties you take And keep these words forever as reminder of what sends a dying lily to the lake Please keep these words, my love, as a reminder