Three Black Feathers

The moon is ever, ever watching
 She watches us o'er field and fen
 For this is only one man's story
 Within a tale of many men
 Sally at her bedroom window
 Stands where she's stood for three years past
 "I fear my true love, is lost in battle.
 I'm wondering how long love can last"
 The church bell tolls to tell of midnight
 With three bold knocks at Sally's door
 And quickly she has risen upright
 Saying "Who's this calls at such late an hour?"
 And there is stood her own true lover
 Raven sharp eyes shining through
 Saying "Smile on me love, and I'll not deny thee,
 I have returned this night to you"
 "What did I promise when I departed,
 I said that when the bullets flew
 That I would rise just like the blackbird
 Safe back to share my life with you"
 He's led her up to her bed chamber
 And bending knelt down where she lay
 "Oh rest here in my arms forever
 And lie here by my side till day."
 And so she sleeps, and dreams she sees him
 By her window lit by the moon
 Saying "I must be gone ere the rise of the sun love
 I fear you've loved and you've lost to soon"
 Sally startled has awoken
 Raven sharp eyes shining through
 And the bright morn so crisp and new
 The moon is ever, ever watching
 She watches us o'er field and fen
 For this is only one man's story
 Within a tale of many men