Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Madeleine-Mary

Sing a song of Madeleine-MaryA tune that all can carryBurly says if we don't singThen we won't have anythingAll the boys on ship set sailAnd the mate was Madeleine-MaryWhen her eyes did fill with tearsIt was extraordinary, it was extraordinaryFor we none of us could see itFor she kept herself belowAnd all her feelings privateSing a song of Madeleine-MaryA tune that all can carryBurly says if we don't singThen we won't have anythingNone of us could get a glimpseBut all of us did want itAt night above our sleeping headsOur sleeping dreams were hauntedSo now my kids you'd like to hearOf one who reached and got herWell, if there was well I thinkHe sleeps beneath the waterSing a song of Madeleine-MaryA tune that all can carryBurly says if we don't singThen we won't have anything