Young Charlotte
Lissa Schneckenburger
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YOUNG CHARLOTTE (words: traditional/Lissa S, music: traditional/Lissa S.) source: “The Maine Woods Songster” edited by Phillips Barry, 1939 In a village fifteen miles from home, there’s a merry ball tonight Although the air is freezing cold our hearts are warm and light Long and anxiously she watched till a well-known voice she hears And driving up to the cottage door young Charles Wesley appears Why Charlotte dear her mother says this blanket around you fold It is a dreadful night you know you’ll take your death of cold “Oh no oh no,” young Charlotte says and she laughed like a gypsy queen To ride in blankets muffled up I never would be seen (Ch) And the wind blows cruel, and the wind blows free Bring my love back to me There’s music in the sound of bells as over the hills we go What a crackling noise the runners make as they bite the frozen snow With faces muffled silently for five long miles they rode Until at length with a frozen word young Charles the silence broke Such a night as this I never knew my reins I scarce can hold Young Charlotte says with a feeble voice I feel exceeding cold He cracks his whip he urged his steed much faster than before Until at length five more long miles in silence they rode over (Ch) Young Charles he says I feel the air a gathering on my brow Young Charlotte says with a weaker voice I’m growing warmer now They rode over the mountain side and through the cold starlight Until they entered the village and the ball room came in sight Driving up young Charles jumps out and gives his hand to her Why sit you there like a monument that has no power to stir He called her once he called her twice but she uttered not a word He called her for her hand again but still she never stirred (Ch) He tore the mantle from her brow and the cold stars on her shone And quickly in the lighted room her helpless form was borne They tried all means were in their power her life to restore But Charlotte was a frozen corpse again to speak no more They bore her out into the sleigh and Charles with her rode home And when they reached her cottage door oh how her parents mourned They mourned the loss of their daughter dear and Charles mourned for his bride Until at length his heart did break and they slumber side by side (Ch) And the wind blows cruel, and the wind blows free Bring my love back to me And the sun will set, and the snow will fall Falling down upon us all
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