Old Woman in Cotton lyrics

Old woman in cotton upon the doorstep

How do you live tell me how are you kept

How have you aged since the days when you leapt

In the meadow before I was born

Old woman in cotton, say why does your glance

Stab the young maidens and lads like a lance

How many years since the days when you danced

In the meadow before I was born

Old woman in cotton tell me how long

You’ve sat here and thought on all of the wrongs

Done you since you sang a young lassie’s song

In the meadow before I was born

Old woman in cotton no longer a dove

When sunset surrounds you what do you think of

Is it the young lad that once you did love

In the meadow before I was born

Old woman in cotton upon the doorstep

How many years has your vigil been kept

How many tears have your wrinkled eyes wept

In the meadow before I was born