Name: Caliburn
Duration: P00H05M38S
Description: Words and music by Dora Darling- inspired by the mythology of the Lady of the Lake and King Arthur, influenced by the book "Here Lies Arthur" by Philip Reeve.

Caliburn

from The Quest (digital Album) by Dora Darling

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Words and music by Dora Darling- inspired by the mythology of the Lady of the Lake and King Arthur, influenced by the book "Here Lies Arthur" by Philip Reeve.

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Spirits of this whispery wood, have cast her soul to sleep
And by the rushing riverside her body slumbers deep.
The fairy folk have made for her a bed of lichen green,
And to the green woods took her home,
The Merthin for to see.

As time she passes, passes time, the river rushes deep
The Merthin places in her hand the sword she mustn’t keep
So down beneath the waves she waits for man to stir the mire
For she must hold that sword aloft;
The Caliburns lady

So to the banks of this great lake an ancient war band came
And from their midst their strides one man into the waters deep
So at the heart of that great lake, the man and maiden meet;
And Caliburn bursts through the waves, for he shall now be King

And racing from this watery deep, for forests earthy air
The lady of the lake she comes to stand betwixt the worlds.
For Merthin and the fairy folk,
A King and a Queen
And waking by the riverside in green woods and between.

As time she passes, passes time,
Clear waters rushing free
This gentle maid of fire was born, to every Century.
She carries in her heart and soul
The breath of mossy earth
And in the green woods she shall find
The Merthin and her kin,
Forever in the green wood she shall rest with all her kin.

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from The Quest (digital Album), released March 18, 2020

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