Never Ever Lay Them Down

Cast down in stony gardens
 Sweet visitor we heard you say
 There grows no grass
 And none shall pass
 Till some great day of judgement
 Oh are we bound for glory
 Born on a little fortune's way
 Or are we bound for some dark town
 And some great northern story
 And it's cold, cold, the winter's hold
 She shall not think of stalling
 She's proud, proud, of every cloud
 And will never ever lay them down
 Love, love, the winds above
 To blow towards your calling
 Behold in dreams
 Your true love stings
 And never ever lay them down
 Oh once I played the lover
 To follow on a swallow's tail
 And what I'd give for to relive
 My days of being a rover
 But wrapped in love's embraces
 Like summer in a silken gown,
 How could I pawn what we have sworn
 Lay down your gold and silver
 And it's cold, cold, the winter's hold
 She shall not think of stalling
 She's proud, proud, of every cloud
 And will never ever lay them down
 Love, love, the winds above
 To blow towards your calling
 Behold in dreams
 Your true love stings
 And never ever lay them down
 Do you see black beaks a gleaming
 Did you ever see a magpie's wing
 My love did drop those greedy birds
 To fill our hearts with singing
 Cast down by steel cathedrals
 My lover is a fallen star
 Who's spark shall stoke
 This heart that broke
 Held in his hand a beating
 And it's cold, cold, the winter's hold
 She shall not think of stalling
 She's proud, proud, of every cloud
 And will never ever lay them down
 Love, love, the winds above
 To blow towards your calling
 Behold in dreams
 Your true love stings
 And never ever lay them down
 Kind eyes in trepidation
 Whatever do you hear behold
 Cold labour's done and nothing won
 Grey stone around your children
 But freedom's eyes are golden
 And glitter like a silver crown
 And none shall fear while love is here
 Cast down in stony gardens
 And it's cold, cold, the winter's hold
 She shall not think of stalling
 She's proud, proud, of every cloud
 And will never ever lay them down
 Love, love, the winds above
 To blow towards your calling
 Behold in dreams
 Your true love stings
 And never ever lay them down