{"id":1658,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/lisa-relander"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"lisa-relander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/lisa-relander\/","title":{"rendered":"LISA RELANDER"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Down beside the castle walls,
\nwhere towers rise from the lake shore
\nthere within the castle halls, her story’s often told.
\nCourted by a soldier boy,
\nthey say he came o’er the border.
\nShe bore him a daughter for their love and joy
\nand no marriage bed was laid.
\nLisa Relander was her name,
\na fair young maid of eighteen summers.
\nBefore judge and judgement she came,
\nher newborn babe in arms.<\/p>\n

To be a mother and unwedded was her crime,
\nand death was the sentence.
\nDoomed in stone walls laying
\nwhen mothers milk runs dry<\/p>\n

Chorus: And now the stones answer her cry
\n from the wall where she lays.
\n And lake wind whispers her song
\n and her ghost will walk the shore all night long<\/p>\n

Up then spoke the captain of the guard
\nfor his heart was lost to this maiden
\n“If I offer Lisa my hand,
\nwill mercy then be shown”
\nBut kind words are lost in cruel ears
\nand a cruel hand showed no mercy.
\nHer sentence pass, she shed a bitter tear
\nfor laws of righteous men.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Lisa lingered in her cell,
\nfor nine long months and better.
\nThen one morning she heard the requiem bell
\nand left her sleeping child.
\nOh, who will raise this babe of mine
\nand will she know of my story.
\nWill she find the place where I am lying,
\nand will she know her name.<\/p>\n

Chorus <\/p>\n

In the walls now all the words are seen,
\nto mark where Lisa’s sleeping.
\nFrom her heart there grew a rowan tree,
\nwith berries red as blood.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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