The Visitor

We shall line the streets again
Mourn that that day ever came
She was never seen again
On the day the visitor came

As I awoke before the dawn
Saw him barefoot cross my floor
Out the window through the rain
On the day the visitor came

And we all sit to weep and now she's gone, now she's gone
We all sit to weep and now she's gone

His hand was like a crooked claw
Rapping at the old inn door
He said "I need a place to stay"
On the day the visitor came

He caught her on the empty stair
All things came to pass right there
A kiss and away down the lane
On the day the visitor came

And we all sit to weep and now she's gone, now she's gone
We all sit to weep and now she's gone

The village talked of death and soon
The landlord broke into his room
There was just a book by M.R. James
On the day the visitor came

We shall line the streets again
Mourn that that day ever came
She was never seen again
On the day the visitor came

And we all sit to weep and now she's gone, now she's gone
We all sit to weep and now she's gone

We all sit to weep and now she's gone, now she's gone
We all sit to weep and now she's gone