Barclay James Harvest - Ballad Of Denshaw Mill Lyrics
On a cold starry night in the winter timeStood three old men by a mill pond in the moonlightAnd they spoke of their young men in the front lineHow they all wished them home for the christmas timeAs they spoke from the east came a bright lightAnd it sparkled like pure gold in their sad eyesAnd an angel came down on denshaw millSpreading her light all around on the darksideAre you blind can you not seeDo you think that it's me who deceives?He promised to be there if you believe, to carry you homeA hole as rotten as ever fouled the green earthWas this old mill in its day, spoke the angelYet there's many a poor boy in foreign climesWho would think this old mill now a palace fineAs she spoke from the mill there came laughterCame the warm sounds of their young men like a summer breezeAnd they rose in the night like fire brightSpreading their light all around on the darksideAre you blind can you not seeDo you think that it's me who deceives?He promised to be there if you believe, to carry you homeNo-one knows what became of the bonny ladsPosted missing, lost in action in a far landFools and heroes, gallant men, now side by sideWith the old men who believed they came home that nightTo the warmth of their homes at christmas timeTo the peace of their homes at christmas time
