The story is of course 'folk', but I never quite know what Billy is going to bring back to me when he takes one of my lyrics for a walk. (-:
Not quite sure where the song fits genre-wise, but I sure love it. I hope you enjoy it too. (-: Later I may look for a female singer for it, but in the meantime, Billy's vocals suit me just fine.
Music/arrangement/instrumentation/vocals: Billy Playle
Lyrics: Donna Devine
The Secret
Chorus
She dropped to her knees
By the river and wept
The darkness grew deeper
While everyone slept
Only an owl in a moon-haunted tree
Suspected the secret she kept
V1
Oh wicked the news
Her mother had told
While her stern father nodded
So fierce and so grim
“You’ll wed John McCann
For the land he will bring
And my girl, you will learn
To serve him”
V2
Now waiting for James
The young man that she loves
Who’d sworn not to leave her
What ever may be
She prays near the bank
That he’ll come to her soon
For he’d promised tonight
They would flee
Chorus
She dropped to her knees
By the river and wept
The darkness grew deeper
While everyone slept
Only an owl in a moon-haunted tree
Suspected the secret she kept
V3
She’s tired and cold
As the night creeps along
Heart pounding, she listens
But can’t hear his voice
There’s only one thing
A wronged girl can do
And she rises to follow
Her choice
Bridge
Crickets bowed like violins
In the swamp
Where mangroves stood
And for miles around
There was no other sound
But the tremble of leaves
In the wood
Chorus
She’d dropped to her knees
By the river and wept
The darkness grew deeper
While everyone slept
Only an owl in a moon-haunted tree
Suspected the secret she’d kept
© 2011 Donna Devine