Bones down the Waterfall

from Whispers by Hanna van Gorcum

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lyrics

A village on a winter morn
The streams and rivers all frozen o’er
down, down the waterfall
A young maid rushed towards her lover
and the bones lie there eternal

She knew well what he needed
His reputation him proceeded
down, down the waterfall
Her mother’s warnings she had not heeded
and the bones lie there eternal

A secret place, a lovers’ tryst
Hidden by the ice and mist
behind the waterfall
Where many a maiden he had kissed
and the bones lie there eternal

But one kiss from you will I allow
For my sisters that I saw
go down, down the waterfall
The cold, hard ground enshrouds them now
and their bones lie there eternal

Your lies are done, my false lover
For what you took, you’ll go forever
down, down the waterfall
I found you out, tho’ you were clever
and the bones lie there eternal

False love called, revenge replied
She struck him hard, a curse she cried
behind the waterfall
One last foul deed before he died
and the bones lie there eternal

She made him bleed for his crime
He dragged her down one final time
down, down the waterfall
And so they died with limbs entwined
and their bones lie there eternal

The thaw will wash the blood away
Spring will not recall that day
behind the waterfall
But the murmuring river will tell where
their bones lay eternal

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from Whispers, released May 17, 2022
music & lyricsL H. van Gorcum

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Hanna van Gorcum Rotterdam, Netherlands

Violinist, singer, nyckelharpa player from the Netherlands. Influences are from traditional Scandinavian and Irish music, as well as baroque and rock.

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