Emma Shapplin - Wolfgate lyrics

Unkempt by the wind By yon cherry tree With pearl-spangled hair I wait for Lee My love is an oak Whose languorous limbs Explore my shadows Dulled by the whirl My vigil is low My vigil is low My vigil is low… Down by the old wolf gate Grave eyes set wide Clad in an astrakhan frock coat For me Lee bide My love has all charms Penned in books wich quoth Of “Real Courtesy, Allegiance, solemn oath” My vigil is low My vigil is low My vigil is low… From the casement hark The water trickle Bleaching the skies So earth can rekindle Nestle unto me Your breath do fade Your warmth my voice remade Unto your breast I sigh Forever will I be night Forever will I be night Forever will I be night… Unkempt by the wind By yon cherry tree With pearl-spangled hair I wait for Lee