Oysterband - Whitehaven lyrics

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<b>Whitehaven</b> by <i>Oysterband</i><br />

What a hideous forest surrounded Whitehaven

'N Twisted black mountains, wolves howled in madness

Never I ventured beyond the storm towers

As dust spread her black wings at the edge of a dark, wild wood

But one windy evenin', gathering timbers

Under white elm trees, in shadows I saw her

The darkest of beauties, with a basket of cherries

The wind and her black skirt, like the hands of a wild, dark wood

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She turned in her terror and madness possesed her

In shadow she wooed me, we screamed in the rambles

Hunters came running with torches and axes

Tree top to tree top, let him storm through the dark, wild wood

Back down they dragged us, past the storm towers

The church bells were ringing, the skies screamed in flashes

We stood in the churchyard, laughing like jackels, as the strom towers tumbled

And bowed to the dark, wild wood

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