Marita Brake — Bonnie and Her Bold Companion lyrics

Lyrics

Bonnie and her bold companion
swore their love would never die
as they rode the old black stallion
they were met by a passer by
and the lad along the roadside
took an oath upon his life
that Bonnie and her bold companion
told him they were man and wife.
all the lords and all the ladies
at the feast of winter time
swore to god and all the heaven’s
Bonnie’s love had long since died
Bonnie and her bold companion
headed for a far off land
where they knew no one could tell them
that their marriage could not stand.
For she loved him well and often
she was calmly and well met.
What her new love failed
to tell her was that he had danced with death.
All the lords and all the ladies
at the mating feast had wine
and they sang the tale of Bonnie
crossed themselves and made the sign.
Bonnie and her bold companion
journeyed to the other side.
And she the only living maiden
became her bold companion’s wife.
As the church bells rang in heaven,
he took off his bold disguise.
There she put her arms around him
and looked into his haunted eyes.
All the lords and all the ladies at the harvest table said
that early in the month of April,
that Bonnie lay by the roadside, dead.