Without Ceremony And Bell Toll Lyrics - Darkwoods My Betrothed

Summer 1657 

A tailor's daughter in pain - bewitched 

A healer had told that the witch will be revealed 

Before sundown a woman known as evil appeard 

"That bitch must have done it. 

She must be the offspring of satan himself" 

Despite the accusitions she offered to help 

And poured a potion all over her 

All of a sudden she started to shake 

The birth of four frog-like creatures was seen 

"She threatened me that inside I would melt 

'cos I didn't give her butter" - the poor girl yelled 

So the witch was bound in heavy chains. 

And taken to the court as a servant of hell 

"I met a mysterious black man. 

He kissed me and taught how to do harm" 

As interrogation and torture went on. 

Heard the good people of the court horrible things 

Thirteen years as servant of satan. 

A whore and a right hand to the dark prince 

Sabbaths, or devotions to the devil 

Were held on a small nearby hill 

At the peak of the torment 

She turned in a few who had been there 

"I met a mysterious black man. 

He kissed me and taught how to do harm" 

343 days she spent in prison. 

While the court sentenced her to death 

A morning when the summer was at its warmest. 

She was taken out and beheaded with another witch 

Burned to ashes, spat on, despised 

Buried into a hole outside of the holy ground 

Shamefully she was laid to rest 

Without ceremony and bell toll