the rape of maude browen şarkı sözü

lying in the brook she´s naked
cold and dead, raped and broken
sweet maude bowen victim of a man
by her side does lie her rapist
her mother´s brother, cold as she is
an avenging angel´s arrow in his heart
and the squire he does blame her
with his lies he does shame her
sweet maude bowen shamed a suicide
now here is a tale, a story to be told
of a young girl, but fifteen years old
impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch
now these were the crimes, the crimes of the rich

at the cross-roads they impaled her
with the elm they claim to save her
save her soul from satan´s evil lair
now her mother weeps in madness
at the tree, at the crossroads
the tree that grows from sweet maude bowen´s heart
the squire´s men do taunt and tease her
drag her off the grave and jeer her
then one more dies with an arrow in his heart

now here is a tale, a story to be told
of a young girl, but fifteen years old
impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch
now these were the crimes, the crimes of the rich

up before the judge at gloucester
acused a witch now they will burn her
at the tree at the cross-roads will she die
tied to the elm the faggots smoking
maude´s sweet mother crying, choking
mother, daughter, victims of a man
and the squire he stands there laughing
with his men he´s laughing, joking

then he is dead with an arrow in his heart

now here is a tale, a story to be told
of a young girl, but fifteen years old
impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch
now these were the crimes, the crimes of the rich