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a desperate couple makes a bargain. |
The liliac fairy she dances sweet In the woods of cherries meet Her face is tan of coppers own Her wings are gold of butterflies sown Her dress is made of cricket legs And the shells of robins eggs Her wand of fig trees twisted root Her scent is one of fire soot She wanders the woods of near and far To grant the wishes and heal the scars But price she has for service good Of equal worth of task you would Ask that she perform for thee The balance may bring harmony The lover Marcus sought her out Through France and Spain he looked about He carried on him tightly wrapped His lovely Sonia soul untrapped Her ghost had sought to stay by side Be resurrected from her hide For child in her womb there was Their son and daughter twins of truss The traveled bout the mountains sides And in their deepest lake divides He and ghost and children dead All of company been said When on their search they found of all A kelpie very wise and tall A fairy is one that we seek The legend lilac of the meek Could you tell us where she's found In this land of such abound The kelpie turned to phantoms form And to her he told with voice so worn The fairy that you seek is close In the cherry grove of most But beware I warn you now On debtors ways she frown On the word of kelpies vice The couple then did travel cise In the cherries grid they found The autumn fairies that dance around On the throne of court wherein The lilac fairy waited in She raised her wings of monarch blades Woven up with hair of virgin shades She flew to meet the couple there And see their offer made if fair Phantom woman who corpse does ride In living husbands arms of stride What is it now that you both seek That you would come in times of bleak Marcus raised his corpse of bride Pregnant with their twins inside His phantom wife the offer spoke As that husband would not choke We come to you as time would tell To seek to make our children well Our family is need of heirs And we are only children of theirs Your price we know is high indeed But we will pay whoever need The fairy looked at unborn ween And chose the price for parents seen You wish your heirs then be made well For kinds of father home you tell That price you see is hard to say For two lives be two lives must pay But only one is now alive A phantom soul does not make strive A payment though I do thus see One among your family The girl or boy must be as mine You husbands life is other dime The wife then cried for children's fate Her young ones time shed not debate Are other payments there of type that don't include my children's lype Another life that y could trade For both our babes to free be made The fairy pondered moments twice Then played out the newer dice Yes m dear there is a way But cost it is of type of pay You must bring in week of time Your parents heads, the thrones of rhine The phantom bride then thought it through And made her choice of debt she adeu Very well my dear of fate My parents I shall bring you late In week of time we shall return With the skulls of rulers urn My husband shall remain with thee And ensure our deal we see The phantom then wet back to rhine And did her work so very fine Her mother in the lake she was found We her boat had run aground The water thought had done her in But her neck was stubbed at end Her father lost within his sleep His breath unable he could keep His guards discovered corpse in morn With the head from neck was torn Without the hairs or rulers be The land then lost it's harmony The rich of many ten would fight All to down their neighbors might The phantom that had a princess been Did then return with heads so lean She found the fairy waiting there With her corpse and man aware Your payment I do now provide The heads of royal flesh abide And now our children you shall save As whitch was said the deal you gave The lilac fairly took the parents heads And nodded hers for going tread She raised her hand and magic wand To make her mischief go alond The husband fell to earth a loss And his wife passed on to cross With spouse unto the other side And not her children with to ride From the corpse that wife once to tomb Two of infants came out of dead womb Our deal is fine and has been set You infants live on earth beset But in my keep they shall now be And not for use by men you see For I am need of heir too soon My age is great and wrinkles bloom Your children make a fine of pair That work for me a lilacs heir |