The Crane Wife 1 & 2

Lyrics

The Crane Wife 1 [Verse 1] It was a cold night and the snow lay round I pulled my coat tight against the falling down And the sun was all, and the sun was all down And the sun was all, and the sun was all down [Verse 2] I am a poor man, I haven't wealth nor fame I have my two hands and a house to my name And the winter's so, and the winter's so long And the winter's so, and the winter's so long [Chorus] And all the stars were crashing 'round As I laid eyes on what I'd found [Verse 3] It was a white crane, it was a helpless thing Upon a red stain with an arrow in its wing And it called and cried, and it called and cried so And it called and cried, and it called and cried so [Chorus] And all the stars were crashing 'round As I laid eyes on what I'd found My crane wife, my crane wife My crane wife, my crane wife [Verse 4] And now I helped her, and now I dressed her wounds And how I held her beneath the rising moon And she stood to fly, and she stood to fly away And she stood to fly, she stood to fly away [Chorus] And all the stars were crashing 'round As I laid eyes on what I'd found My crane wife, my crane wife My crane wife, my crane wife The Crane Wife 2 [Verse 1] My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight All star bright and tongue-tied, I took her in We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding And our bedding was ready when we fell in [Chorus] Sound the keening bell And see it's painted red Soft as fontanelle The feathers and the thread And all I ever meant to do was to keep you My crane wife My crane wife My crane wife [Verse 2] We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly And how she vowed me, she could bring it back But I was greedy, I was vain and I forced her to weaving On cold loom, in a closed room, with down wove [Chorus] Sound the keening bell And see it's painted red Soft as fontanelle The feathers and the thread And all I ever meant to do was to keep you My crane wife My crane wife My crane wife [Bridge] There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart It rakes at my heart [Outro] My crane wife