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Thread #155770   Message #3668673
Posted By: Reinhard
13-Oct-14 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Long Meg and Her Daughters (S Lawrence)
Subject: Lyr Add: LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS (S Lawrence)
I've tried to transcribe this; corrections are welcome.

Long Meg and Her Daughters (Stuart Lawrence)
As sung by Linda Adams on "Among the Old Familiar Mountains"

The helm winds are blowing, there's ill to be done
Follow the fiend far over the fell
And the witches are met by the set of the sun
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

Long Meg gave the summons and so they gained forth
Follow the fiend far over the fell
From the east, the west, the south, and the north
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

They raised such a storm that you never did hear
Follow the fiend far over the fell
In the bay of Eden for many a year
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

Now there came an old hermit who strode through the night
Follow the fiend far over the fell
With an old tattered cloak and a beard long and white
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

He stepped into their midst with his cross in his hand
Follow the fiend far over the fell
And fearlessly bade them in silence to stand
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

Long Meg gave a laugh - Do you dare interfere?
Follow the fiend far over the fell
All through we will tell you to be such(?) light here
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

But he lifted his hands and he uttered a prayer
Follow the fiend far over the fell
While Long Meg gave a terrible cry of despair
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

She was turned into stone on the spot where she stood
Follow the fiend far over the fell
But the others about her a terrible brood
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell

So the tempest abaded he went on his way
Follow the fiend far over the fell
And let them to stand where you see them today
Come drive him below to the sound of the bell