Standing Stones

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[Verse]
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In one of these lonely Orkney 
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Isles, there dwelled a maiden fair
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Her cheeks were red, her eyes were
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 blue, she had yellow, curling hair
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Which caught the eye and then the 
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heart, of one who could never be
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A lover of so true a maid or 
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fair a form as she

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Across the lake in Sandwick 
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dwelled a youth she held most true
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And ever since her infancy he had
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 watched these eyes so blue
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The land runs out into the sea, 
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it's a narrow neck of land
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Where weird and grim the Standing 
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Stones, in a circle where they stand

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[Verse]
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One bonny moonlight Christmas 
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Eve, they met at that sad place
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With her heart in glee, the beams
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 of love were shining on her face
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When her lover came and he 
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grasped her hand, what loving words 
they said
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They talked of future's happy 
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days as through the stones they 
strayed

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They walked toward the lovers' 
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stone and through it passed their 
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hands
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They plighted there a constant 
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troth, sealed by love's steadfast
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 bands
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He kissed his maid and then he 
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watched her, that lonely bridge go 
o'er
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For little, little did he think,
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 he wouldn't see his darling more

[Chorus]
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Gazing out to sea
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Bring my love to me

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[Verse]
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He turned his face toward his 
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home, that home he did never see
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And you shall have the story as 
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it was told to me
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When a form upon him sprang, 
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with a dagger gleaming bright
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It pierced his heart and his dying
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 screams disturbed the silent night

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The maid had nearly reached her 
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home when she was startled by a cry
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She turned to look around her 
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and her love was standing by
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His hand was pointing to the 
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stars, his eyes gazed at the light
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And with a smiling countenance he
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 vanished from her sight

[Verse]
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She quickly turned and home she 
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ran, not a word of this was said
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For well she knew at seeing his 
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form that her faithful love was dead
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And from that day she pined 
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away, not a smile seen on her face
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With outstretched arms she went to
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 meet him, in a brighter place

[Chorus]
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Gazing out to sea
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Bring my love to me

[Chorus]
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Gazing out to sea
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Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
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Bring my love to me

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