George Hamilton IV Little Grave Lyrics:
One winter's Eve I went a walking out beyond the
city gate For to fetch a fresh young pheasant for
my darling's dinner plate It was snowing oh so
quietly and the woods were wide and soft Just the
sound of snowflakes falling and the footsteps as I
walked There I saw a fresh young pheasant and I
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shot and killed him there And I heard a distant
church bell as the bird fell from the air As I
held his dying body the strangest thought came
over me God had made this little body that I had
killed so faultlessly All the woods were dark and
shadowed with the light the cold stars gave I sent
a prayer to God in heaven and covered up the
little grave And covered up the little grave
Lyrics: Little Grave, George Hamilton IV [end]