Sit Down By The Fire

Melody -

1. Sit down by the fire
And I'll tell you a story
To send you away to your bed
Of the things.

2. You hear creeping
When everyone's sleeping
And you wish you
Were out here instead.

3. It isn't the mice in the wall
It isn't the wind in the well
But each night they march
Out of that hole in the wall
Passing through on their way out of hell.

4. They're the things that
You see when you wake up and scream
The cold things that follow you
Down the Boreen.

5. They live in the small wing
Of trees on the hill
Up at the top of the field
And they dance on the rain.

6. And they dance on the wind
They tap on the window
When no-one is in
And if ever you see them.
  7. Pretend that you're dead
Or they'll bite off your head
They'll rip out your liver
And dance on your neck.

8. They dance on your head
They dance on your chest
And they give you the cramp
And the cholic for jest.

9. They're in the things that you see
When you wake up and scream
The cold things that follow you
Down the Boreen.


10. They live in the small wing
Of trees on the hill
Up at the top
Of the field.

11. They play on the wind
They sing in the rain
They dance on your eyes
They dance in your brain.

12. Remember this place
It's damp and it is cold
The best place on earth
But it's dark and it's old.

13. So lie near the wall
And cover your head
Good night and God bless
Now fuck off to bed.


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