Upon the Bitter Green she walked the hills above the town

Echoed to her footsteps as soft as eiderdown

Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears

Waiting through the years

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Bitter Green they called her walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter Green they called her waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea

Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free

Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist

Dreaming of a kiss

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But now the Bitter Green is gone the hills have turned to rust

There comes a weary stranger whose tears fall in the dust

Kneeling by the churchyard in the autumn mist

Dreaming of a kiss

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