folk song

i have waited the night over

for some word to come

i asked the moon o'er the clover

but the moon she is dumb

you have made me a promise

at midnight we'd go

and that we should be married

sailing westward ho

such words you have spoken

you have told me a lie

that it could not be broken

when you knew it must die

there's no light in heaven

my eye can see

that my heart be imprisoned

while the devil go free

go free

like honey the ocean

in the morning breeze

i'll take my tears to the water

that the rivers may freeze

there's no light in heaven

can shine for me

that my heart be imprisoned

while the devil go free

go free

what folly is beauty

what trick of the skin

desire it's fancy

and ruin its whim

your child within me

and what can i do

my blood fill with needles

that he look like you

there's no light in heaven

my eye can see

that my heart be imprisoned

while the devil go free

my heart be imprisoned

while the devil go free

no light in heaven

no light for me