Brian Peters - The Demon Lover lyrics

"Well met, well met, my own true love I've been away these seven years and more I've come to claim those former vows You promised me so long before "I might have had a king's daughter Fain she would have married me But I gave up that crown of gold ‘Twas all for the sake, my love, of thee." "Well, if you could have had a king's daughter You've none but yourself to blame For I am now wed to a ship's carpenter And with him I have a bonny young son "But if I were to leave my husband dear And my little babe also Now what would you have to keep me with If along with you I should go?" "I have three ships all on the sea One of them has brought me safe to land I've four and twenty mariners on board And you shall have music at your command "And the ship, my love, you shall sail in Is glorious to behold The sails are of the finest silk And the masts are of the beaten gold "So it's you must leave your husband dear And sail away with me I'll take you where the white lilies grow All on the banks of Italy." And as she went walking all up the street So beautiful to behold He cast a glamour all o'er her face And she shone like the brightest gold And when she set her foot on the ship No mariners could she behold But the sails were of the finest silk And the masts were of the beaten gold Now they hadn't been a-sailing a mile, a mile A mile but barely one When she began to weep and mourn And think upon her bonny young son And they hadn't been a-sailing a mile, a mile A mile but barely two Before she espied his cloven foot From his bright robes sticking through And they hadn't been a-sailing a mile, a mile A mile but barely three When dark and eerie grew his look And raging grew the sea "Now would you see the white lilies grow All on the banks of Italy? Or would you rather see the fishes swim All on the bottom of the sea?" And as she turned herself round about So tall, and taller then grew he Until the tops of that gallant ship No taller were than he And he's struck the top-mast with his hand The fore-mast with his knee He broke that shining ship all in two And he's dashed it to the bottom of the sea