by Wulfrith Thunorsdottir
by Wulfrith Thunorsdottir
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(Robin of Loxley to Richard Coeur de Lion)(Original lyrics and music "Lionheart" by Kate Bush from the album LIONHEART)
What if "The King's Fool" had ended differently...?
Oh England -- my Lionheart...
I'm in your bower, fading fast in your arms --
Our bodies softened, love's war now over.
Hot, sweat-soaked skin kissed by blooming clover,
Wheeling song-birds fill the sky above,
And we drowse and kiss and speak of love.
Oh Richard, my Lionheart,
You stole my heart in my green forest kingdom,
You stole my soul with your sweet words of love;
Torn between Sherwood and service of you,
Our thumping hearts hold the ravens in,
And keep the Tower from tumbling.
Oh England, my Lionheart,
I don't want to go...
Oh England, my Lionheart,
Brought from blood-red hillside to my funeral barge.
Give me one kiss in apple-blossom,
Give me one wish and I'd be wassailing
In the orchard, my noble lord,
Safe with the shepherd who'll bring me home.
Oh England -- and my Lionheart --
I don't want to go...