Madeleine Mary Lyrics - Bonnie Prince Billy

Sing a song of Madeleine Mary 

A tune that all can carry 

Burly says if we don't sing 

Then we won't have anything 

All the boys on ship set sail 

And the mate was Madeleine Mary 

When her eyes did fill with tears 

It was extraordinary 

It was extraordinary 

For we, none of us could see it 

For she kept herself below 

And all her feelings private 

Sing a song of Madeleine Mary 

A tune that all can carry 

Burly says if we don't sing 

Then we won't have anything 

None of us could get a glimpse 

But all of us did want it 

At night above our sleeping heads 

Our sleeping dreams were haunted 

So now my kids you'd like to hear 

Of one who reached and got her 

Well, if there was, well, I think 

He sleeps beneath the water 

Sing a song of Madeleine Mary 

A tune that all can carry 

Burly says if we don't sing 

Then we won't have anything