Follow the River - music by Amanda McCartney, lyrics by Nancy Begin
Once we did dwell Where my true love fell One year we were joined Man and wife law did bind Two lovers in the trees Happy as you please
O follow the river to the glade Where my love is dead and laid Place some flowers on his grave Mourn the loss of he who was brave
Jealous of our love so true In anger my love he slew My love faced demise with a smile I was crying all the while He never saw the blow of death Swift it came on dragon's breath Death came and took him away I became a widow that day
My love was brave and true Even to the beasts he slew 'Til a dragon stole his heart Now he and nature will never part The beast was huge beyond compare But my love didn't twitch a hair He softly kissed my head And went to his final bed
Follow the river to the glade Where my true love is dead and laid Place your flowers on his mound And be sure to look around For your own love may too Follow the river to the glade And have their own mound For us to gather around
Be mindful of how you flaunt That which others have not Jealousy comes in many features And may not show in other creatures No harm have you done But you are envied like the sun To your own love be true Or the dragon may put an end to you
O follow the river to the glade Where my love and I are laid One year we were joined Now forever love will bind