10. Matheys Tale

Track 10 from Bowling Over Bovine,
LWM007 2001

Mark Baynes: Vocals, and Acoustic Guitar
Dave Lambert: Mando, and backing vocals
Tim Ablitt: Bass
Adrian Hood: Drums
Paul Buck: Piano
Simon Spurrier: Backing Vocals
Paul Fleetwood: Backing Vocals

*Did you hear her voice
It rang like silver
Did you see her hair
It shone like gold
Did you see her moving
Just like a ripple on the sea
Hey mathey will you love her
Will you love her till you're old

It was early sunday morning
When she slipped in through the door
She raised her voice, he raised his head
He'd never seen her there before
And her eyes shone like the deep blue sea
Her smile it touched his heart
But she disappeared before he could move
And that was just the start

*chorus

It was many weeks
Before he came to see her once again
She drifted in just like before
And sang her spell the same
But this time mathey followed her
As she turned to leave
And she led him from his village
To her home beneath the sea

*chorus

No-one saw or heard of them
For fifty years or more
Til from the cove a captain
Brought his tale onto their shore
About a beauty pleading for him
To raise his anchor high
Cause her door was blocked
Her husband trapped
And she could hear her children cry

*and he said her voice
It rang like silver
And he said her hair
It shone like gold
And he sawher moving
Just like a ripple on the sea
As she swam back to her husband
And her husband and her home

Repeat 1st chorus x2

Posted by arclight at April 19, 2004 06:17 PM