Emmott's Song

Roland, please forgive me dear,
 It breaks my heart full sore
 I long to keep your company
 But we shall meet no more, no more
 We shall meet no more
 The days are dark as night my love
 And death looks for my door
 The whispers tell that Gabriel hounds
 Have been heard upon the moor, the moor,
 The hounds howl on the moor
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 Mompesson has the church door locked
 And closed Eyam to it's fate,
 We're ordered not to leave these bounds
 So now we quietly wait, we wait,
 The end we quietly wait
 Our congregation meets outside
 Beneath the heaven's high
 All down at Cucklet Delph we pray
 Where in secret met you and I, my love
 In secret met you and I
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 My family sleeps in the yard
 In flower beds side by side.
 I fear that when the judgement
 Their souls shall be denied, denied,
 Their souls shall be denied
 So Roland, please forgive me dear,
 It breaks my heart full sore
 To know you'll wait down at the Delph
 But you'll see my face no more, no more
 My face you'll see no more