The Siege

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