Lady Waters And The Hooded One
Robyn Hitchcock

Will you dance with me, Lady Waters?

And a bony hand plucked her gown

Will you dance with me, said the Hooded One

For the plague has now reached this town.

No, I'll never dance, says Lady Waters

For I see that your name is Death.

And beneath her mask she was sweating

At the Hooded One's fetid breath

Will you dance with me, Lady Waters?

For the fire dies in your grate

And your guests have gone and your lord's asleep

And the plague has reached your estate.

Then I'll dance with you, says Lady Waters

For the stars grow pale in the dawn

But I first must get my tiara

For I left it out on the lawn.

Oh and if you get your tiara,

And his eyes like coals, they did burn

You must give me all, and must taste my breath

On the moment that you return.

Very well, she said from behind her mask

You must take from me what is mine:

I'll return to you and submit to you.

And the Hooded One, he said Fine.

She came back to him and took off her mask

And the Hooded One, he recoiled

What he thought was sweat on her face and hands

It turned out to be tiny boils

You must take from me all I have, she said

You must take it all with good grace:

For I have the plague on my body

And I have the plague on my face.

Oh the Hooded One took her house and lands

He took every fork, every knife

And he took the plague and he left her there

Without anything but her life


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  (a Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs   1974   4th Time Around   52 Stations   A Globe Of Frogs (Electric Version)   A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle Of Wine   A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle…   Acid Bird   Adoration Of The City   Adventure Rocket Ship   Aether   Agony Of Pleasure (demo)   Airscape   All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love   Alright Yeah   America   Ant Corridor   Antwoman   Antwoman (Dub)   Aquarium   Arms Of Love   August Hair   Autumn Is Your Last Chance   Autumn Sea   Baby Let Me Follow You Down   Ballad Of A Thin Man   Balloon Man   Bass   Be Still   Beautiful Girl   Beautiful Queen   Bells Of Rhymney   Birds In Perspex   Birds in Perspex [Andy Kershaw Session]   Birdshead   Blues In A   Brenda's Iron Sledge   Brenda's Iron Sledge   Bright Fresh Flower   Captain Dry   Cathedral   Chinese Bones   Clean Steve   Creeped Out   Cynthia Mask   Daisy Bomb   Dark Green Energy   Dark Princess   De Chirico Street   De Chirico Street [Andy Kershaw Session]   Demons & Fiends   Demons & Fiends   Desolation Row   Dignity   Do Policemen Sing   Do Policemen Sing?   Don't You   Don't You   Driving Aloud (Radio Storm)   Eaten By Her Own Dinner   Egyptian Cream   Eight Miles High   Elizabeth Jade   Elizabeth Jade [Andy Kershaw Session]   English Girl   Everybody Needs Love   Executioner Of Love   Falling Leaves   Fiend Before The Shrine   Flanagan's Song   Flanagan's Song   Flavour Of Night   Flesh Cartoons   Freeze   Full Moon In My Soul   Furry Green Atom Bowl   Ghost Of Light   Ghost Ship   Give Me A Spanner, Ralph   Glass Hotel   Globe Of Frogs (acoustic)   Globe Of Frogs {acoustic}   Goodnight Oslo   Gran   Heaven   Heliotrope   Heliotrope [Mark Radcliffe Session]   How Do You Work This Thing?   Hurry For The Sky   I Am Not Me   I Don't Believe You   I Feel Beautiful   I Got A Message For You   I Often Dream Of Trains   I Saw Nick Drake   I Saw Nick Drake [Andy Kershaw Session]   I Used To Love You   I Used To Say I Love You   I Watch The Cars   I Wish I Liked You   I'm Only You   I'm Only You   Idonia   If I Could Look   If You Go Away   If You Know Time   If You Were A Priest   It Was The Night   It's A Mystic Trip   It's All Over Now, Baby Blue   It's A Mystic Trip   It's All Over Now, Baby Blue   Jewels For Sophia   Jewels for Sophia [Andy Kershaw Session]   Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)   Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)   Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues   Keep Finding Me   Keeping Still   Kingdom Of Love   Legalized Murder   Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat   Let There Be More Darkness   Let's Go Thundering   Let's Go Thundering   Like A Rolling Stone   Linctus House   Listening To The Higsons   Love   Luminous Rose   Madonna Of The Wasps   Madonna of the Wasps [Andy Kershaw Session]   Man With A Woman's Shadow   Man With A Woman's Shadow   Maria Lyn   Meat   Mellow Together   Message Of Dark   Mexican God   Midnight Fish   More Than This   Mr Rock 'n' Roll   Mr Rock 'n' Roll   Mr. Deadly   Museum of Sex   My Earthly Paradise   My Favourite Buildings   My Wife And My Dead Wife   NASA Clapping   Nietzsche's Way   Nietzsche's Way   Night Ride To Trinidad   No, I Don't Remember Guildford   No, I Don't Remember Guildford   Not Dark Yet   Nothing   Oceanside   One L   One Long Pair Of Eyes   One Long Pair Of Eyes (acoustic)   One Too Many Mornings   Open The Door Homer   Out Of The Picture   Penelope's Angles   Penelope's Angles   Point It At Gran   Polly On The Shore   Queen Elvis   Railway Shoes   Raining Twilight Coast   Raymond Chandler Evening   Red Locust Frenzy   Ride   Round Song   Ruling Class   Sally Was A Legend   Sally Was a Legend [Andy Kershaw Session]   Satellite   Saturday Groovers   September Cones   Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom   She Doesn't Exist   She Doesn't Exist   She Doesnt Exist   She Reached For A Light   Sinister But She Was Happy   Sleeping With Your Devil Mask   So You Think You're In Love   So You Think You're In Love   So You Think Youre In Love   Solpadeine   Sometimes A Blonde   Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl   Sounds Great When You're Dead   Sounds Great When You're Dead   Spoken Word Intro   St Petersburg   Star Of Hairs   Stranded In The Future   Superman   Surgery   Sweet Ghost Of Light   Take Your Knife Out Of My Back   Tangled Up In Blue   Television   Tell Me Mama   The Authority Box   The Banana Boat Song   The Bones In The Ground   The Cars She Used To Drive   The Cheese Alarm   The Cheese Alarm [Andy Kershaw Session]   The Devil's Radio   The Devil's Radio   The Devils Coachman   The Dust   The Green Boy   The Idea Of You   The Lizard   The Man Who Invented Himself   The Man With The Lightbulb Head   The Moon Inside   The Philospher's Stone   The Rain   The Shapes Between Us Turn To Animals   The Sound Of Sound   The Speed Of Things   The Underneath   The Wind Cries Mary   The Wreck Of The Arthur Lee   The Yip Song   Then You're Dust   Then You're Dust   This Could Be The Day   This Is How It Feels   TLC   Trams Of Old London   Transparent Lover   Transparent Lovers   Trash   Tropical Flesh Mandala   Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door   Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The...   Uncorrected Personality Traits   Underground Sun   Vegetable Friend   Veins Of The Queen   Vibrating   Victorian Squid   Visions Of Johanna   Viva! Sea-Tac   Wafflehead   Wax Doll   We're Gonna Live In The Trees   Welcome To Earth   When I Was A Kid   Where Do You Go When You Die?   Where Do You Go When You Die? [Andy Kershaw Sessio...   You & Me   You Remind Me Of You   You've Got   You've Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby   Young People Scream   Your Head Here

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