One Last Cold Kiss Lyrics - John Mcdermott

Two island swans 

They mated for life 

And his faithful heart 

Would not consider any other wife 

With three years of peaceful joy 

With the rushes of the pond 

Proud and gentle was the love 

Of the last two island swans 

Their love was like a circle 

With no beginning and no end 

With his lady by his side 

A treasure and best friend 

And the pond was, oh, so peaceful 

And the rising of the sun 

Young and free as the island breeze 

Their lives had just begun 

Till a dark day in November 

With the seering cold that starts 

Stalked the hunter with his bow 

And put an arrow through her heart 

"Husband come to my side 

And let your feathers warm my pain 

For I feel I will not spend 

Another day with you again" 

And the cold winds blow 

He was brave but he layed low 

By her body in the Isle of Mist 

I saw her give him one last cold kiss 

One last cold kiss 

Now swans like people 

Talk of only one in this fair take 

Though they brought him 20 ladies 

He would take no other bride 

And they say he will not move 

From the place where she did fall 

Once so proud he's beaten now 

And he will not rise at all 

And the cold winds blow 

He was brave but he layed low 

By her body in the Isle of Mist 

I saw her give him one last cold kiss 

One last cold kiss