Orphan's Wedding - Niamh Parsons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 One fine summer's morning as nature was dawning
And good folk held to the church bells
Two young lovers by life were deceived
And their story I sadly will tell
 
For all the town knew of our wedding
Now all the town knows of our shame
And I've been broken forever
By the stranger who told me my name
 
She came from the city to help in the harvest
I worked in the field by her side
And all that long winter I courted my love
In the summer I made her my bride
 
And happy were we for the first time together
Since the Great War had taken our kin
When a man from the government came to our door
And he asked if I might let him in
 
With a voice that was colder than wind o'er the mountain
Or the spray of a winter worn sea
He said that together we could not remain
For borther and sister were we
 
For all the town knew of our wedding
Now all the town knows of our shame
And I've been broken forever
By the stranger who told me my name
 
Now in summer I roam through the deep glens and quiet
And sit by their dark water side
And there I think only on her that I shamed
And all for the taking of a bride