Lyrics
The siege was at its height and the well was running dry
When Mary pressed the town he said "we'll do it if we try"
And the soldiers on the wall firing death into the air
Never looking out for fear of what was there
The children of the town running ragged through the ranks
It seemed that half their lives they'd been hungry and afraid
But Jenny sat alone, she'd been wandering all the day
She gathered them around and she began to say
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
Jenny slipped away through the sleepy midday hour
Silent and at peace she climbed the highest tower
And as she looked out on the land and the city far below
She shouted to her friends that she had somehow always known
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
The captain of the guard, he was a kindly sort of man
As he scrambled up the stairs he pulled Jenny by the hand
He said "if they see you up there, surely you will die"
Jenny pointed to the fields and she began to cry
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
They turned and clambered down, past the drunk and sleeping men
A soldier and a child unnoticed until then
And no one dared refuse as he shouted the command
They opened up the gates and looked out on the land
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all
There's nobody there, lift your head above the wall
There's no one out there you should fear
There's no one there at all