In crash and wave we do but lay,

In salty grave we wait.

'Til day bring forth another round

To tread on fate's false gait.

/

With honey'd words, led I astray,

With look and form and grace,

To water's edge, with crash and might,

And choice made not with haste.

/

He brought us gold, he brought us news,

Of new home and good health.

My father knew, his daughter held

A future for herself.

/

He cast me down, to bitter end

With strength unmatched withal,

His bridal steed, with flowers laid,

Surrendered me to fall.

/

I took his charm, I took his wealth,

For prosp'rous unioning.

My fate secured that day as I

Laid naked in the sea.

/

Drowned, drowned, in sighs and woe,

Accurs'd by clouded sight,

Lay I in wait 'til bitter cold,

Bring round next lady flight.

/

In blinded glee and uncheck'd haste

He fled with me in tow,

He spun me round in wedded gown,

Before he did me throw.

/

My mother's wit I did not take,

On journey far from home,

For I knew not what fate lay wait,

At edge of ocean's foam.

/

In crash and wave we do but lay,

In salty grave we wait.

'Til day bring forth another round

To tread on fate's false gait.

/

Five and two a lady came

Along with bated breath,

Came to the edge of earth's stronghold

To join in ocean's death.

/

We cried and wept, our sorrows full,

No ears to hear our cries,

Mistook him for a knight we did,

His wedding bells sing lies.

/

Beware, beware young brides of new

Surrender not to he.

He'll cast you down in bitter depth,

With cloying hands, kill thee.

/

A new maid comes, on same false steed,

Succumbs to our same right.

"Young lady, fair, hear our cries!

Go safely home tonight!"

/

He bids her take her bridal skirt

Away from her dew skin,

But wait, she tasks him with a turn

To where they've hence since been.

/

With feign of virtue, wisely on,

She bids him, turn away.

Yet not she take her wedding skirt-

She will not obey!

/

What does she now, can not you tell?

She looks upon with sight.

"Young lady, fair, hear our cries!

Go safely home tonight!"

/

To crash and man she looks with mind,

Aware of peril's dawn,

She grabs him up! Throws him down!

In foam he is cast on!

/

The deed now done, she takes his horse,

Her bridal garment tact,

She leaves him here, with us, he fears,

And this our final act.