Brobdingnagian Bards - When She Held Me In Her Arms lyrics

Through a market, I wandered and prayed That I'd find me a woman I might marry some day Well, I never dreamed when I prayed that prayer That the woman I longed for was standing there When she held me in her arms that night I held her close, and I held her tight And I swore that day forth, I'd love her all of me life When she held me in her arms that night She smelled of the sweetest lilac skin And I admit it now it drew me in Oh, her voice cast a spell I could not disobey Every word was a river that swept me away Oh, the market became a more beautiful place: The flowers more fragrant, and the clothing all lace And her eyes, oh, her eyes! They begged me to stay And twenty years later, I've not regretted a day