Steeleye Span - Demon of the Well lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Demon of the Well lyrics]
Peggy lived at Waddow Hall
A servant maid was she
And suffered great misfortune such I'd
Never wished on thee
First killed and drowned in the well
Her ghost was never laid
And now in every seven years
An offering must be made
Sweet Isabel the landlord's ward upon
This New Year's morn
She went a missing without trace
Or so the tale is borne
The fate they said young William
Met below the hippin-stonеs
The matron's nephew vanishеd there
Just seven years ago
Come follow me, the matron's said
Why dost thou loiter so
And shame that he be cowed by
An image made of stone
Such foolish apprehension
She did say to quell their fears
For that which hath been dead and
Rotten for these hundred years
But within the rats and lumber
Of the cellar down below
She swung back the hammer and
She made the final blow
Peggy's head fell to the floor
She stood there petrified
It was then she saw young William
Standing there before her eyes
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well
But William, he had returned
No river claimed his life
And Isabel had followed him
To then become his wife
The unbelieving matron died, from fear
That much is plain
And was deemed to be a victim
To the wrath of Peggy's manes
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well
A servant maid was she
And suffered great misfortune such I'd
Never wished on thee
First killed and drowned in the well
Her ghost was never laid
And now in every seven years
An offering must be made
Sweet Isabel the landlord's ward upon
This New Year's morn
She went a missing without trace
Or so the tale is borne
The fate they said young William
Met below the hippin-stonеs
The matron's nephew vanishеd there
Just seven years ago
Come follow me, the matron's said
Why dost thou loiter so
And shame that he be cowed by
An image made of stone
Such foolish apprehension
She did say to quell their fears
For that which hath been dead and
Rotten for these hundred years
But within the rats and lumber
Of the cellar down below
She swung back the hammer and
She made the final blow
Peggy's head fell to the floor
She stood there petrified
It was then she saw young William
Standing there before her eyes
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well
But William, he had returned
No river claimed his life
And Isabel had followed him
To then become his wife
The unbelieving matron died, from fear
That much is plain
And was deemed to be a victim
To the wrath of Peggy's manes
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well
Avaunt ye now thou senseless thing
Be gone from where ye dwell
For in the deep and darkness lives
The Demon of the Well