Lament for Lizzy lyrics

Chorus -

Oh Lizzy

must you leave so soon

Oh Lizzy dearest

you've never (even) seen the yellow moon

V1

Oh my love, my love

can't you stay

oh my heart breaks to see you this way

please just another day

V2

I was working down the pit

came home caked in dust

thought you would be fine by now

for in God we had trust

Middle 8 -

The soul it hurts so much

oh hold me dear

I feel my legs give way

our baby's gone my dear

I cannot feel your desperate clutch

I feel my life give way

I feel her life fade away

oh hold me dear, our baby's gone

our darling baby's gone

V3

Oh my dearest

oh my Lizzy, littlest one

please please please don't go

feel the warmth of the midday sun

V4

Everything's dark Lizzy

we, dressed in black, you boxed in white

singing hymns, the priest tries to give hope

but this day is eternal night

Final Chorus

Oh Lizzy dearest

you who never saw the silver moon

Oh Lizzy

must you leave us so soon

Oh Lizzy dearest

miner's girl, mother's grief

Oh Lizzy our Liz

surely life is brief

Oh Lizzy

you had to leave so soon

We hold you in our broken hearts

when we watch the yellow moon

See you in Heaven my girl

see you in Heaven my girl

etc - fade out