The Crane Wife 1, 2, And 3 (Live)

It was a cold night

And the snow lay low

I pulled my coat tight

Against the falling down

And the sun was all

And the sun was all down

And the sun was all

And the sun was all down

I am a poor man

I haven't wealth nor fame

I have my two hands

And a house to my name

And the winter's so

And the winter's so long

And the winter's so

And the winter's so long

And all the stars were crashing 'round

As I laid eyes on what I'd found

It was a white crane

It was a helpless thing

Upon a red stain

With an arrow, its wing

And it called and cried

And it called and cried so

And it called and cried

And it called and cried so

And all the stars were crashing 'round

As I laid eyes on what I'd found

My crane wife, my crane wife

My crane wife, my crane wife

Now I helped her

And I dressed her wounds

And how I held her

Beneath the rising moon

And she stood to fly

And she stood to fly away

And she stood to fly

She stood to fly away

And all the stars crashing 'round

As I laid eyes on what I'd found

My crane wife, my crane wife

My crane wife, my crane wife

My crane wife arrived at my door

In the moonlight

All star bright and tongue-tied

I took her in

We were married and bells rang sweet

For our wedding

And our bedding was ready

When we fell in

The sound of the keening bell

To see its pain erect

Soft as fontanel, the feathers and the thread

When all I ever meant to do was to keep you

My crane wife

My crane wife

My crane wife

We were poorly