Parting Song

Hesperus heavenly sodality's parting
And the dead men lies shattered on the floor
Drunken Silenus,sleeps in the corner
Where he left you when he swept you with the oar
The ghost of John Dryden is leaning on the woodworks
he knows all thewords but to no gain
Solemnly mumbles,'tis be too short a blessing,
And love, love be too long a pain
And I will leave you, i will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you , I will leave you
I will leave you,cause this ain't no time to dream
There in the dead of night a scooner is departing
she has turned her back on all the world
She's tied down and tired, starving and beaten
but out there every sail shall be unfurled
One day I will take off my S:t Brennan,
Untie him and I sink him in the sea
But now I must rise and I must travel
A homestead is not for you and me
And I will leave you, i will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you , I will leave you
I will leave you,cause this ain't no time to dream
And down in Jericho, oh my sweet darling,
a man fell down among the thieves
I'll bring him oil and wine, and thirteen stories
Soon, Hostis Humani Generis he will be
Indeed have I done all the things they have told you
now a prison hulk lies anchored in the bay
I shall be dragged back in chains to Old England
Where I'll three times meet the tide at Wapping Quay
And I will leave you, i will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you , I will leave you
I will leave you,cause this ain't no time to dream