Sailor's Wife's Lament-Purson

[ti:Sailor's Wife's Lament] [ar:Purson] [al:The Circle and the Blue Door] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sailor's Wife's Lament - Purson [00:16.30]Married a sailor today [00:20.12] [00:22.08]Soon he Is going away [00:26.32] [00:27.86]An albino blackbird [00:30.47] [00:31.02]Nests by her bedside In sympathy [00:35.75] [00:40.06]Waits at the window at night [00:44.33] [00:45.44]The light from the lighthouse Is bright [00:49.90] [00:51.31]It fills her with warm nostalgia [00:55.05]It's all that she has of him [00:59.02] [01:02.27]All the girls who knocked say come out to play [01:06.83] [01:08.01]All of the boys In the town woo her with wild-berry flowers [01:16.88]Her lily-white charm [01:18.81] [01:19.76]Just like the bird who's keeping her calm [01:25.00]Will soon fly away [01:31.00] [01:50.82]Letters so seldom appear [01:55.00] [01:56.41]Her hair's turning Grey with the fear [02:00.40] [02:02.11]Some say she's Insane they say he's to blame [02:07.84]Still she waits for him [02:09.93] [02:13.30]All the girls who knocked say come out to play [02:17.72] [02:18.77]All of the boys In the town woo her with wild-berry flowers [02:27.67]Her lily-white charm [02:29.84] [02:30.53]Just like the bird who's keeping her calm [02:36.22]Will soon fly away