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Sit down here beside meAnd I'll tell you a taleOf lonely old Axe Mountain townAnd Lester Joseph CaleIn a place the men would work by day,The women worked at nightAnd came together evening timeTo love and then to fightLong hours did the women workAnd hard their burden was,So doubly hard they worried whenYoung Lily May was lostAxe Mountain town, you let those womenDie by the knifeA lover did I have for sureI'll love her all my lifeLily May was mournedAnother week passed in the rainUntil the day of harvest cameAnd we were missing JaneAnother season's toil gone,SongtexteAnother season's more;'Til Lily, Jane and dozens stillWere buried on the MoorWhat did their husbands say?They simply cowered, weak and frailFor none would dare to speak that name,Lester Joseph CaleAxe Mountain town, you let those womenDie by the knifeA lover did I have for sureI'll keep her all my lifeHe came out of the darknessWith a rucksack made of skinAnd just as soon as he was seenHe was gone againI heard he'd been a murdererFifty years or moreHeard he killed whole villagesAll across the MoorI'm told he had a familyA child and a wifeBut now no woman here was safeFrom Lester Joseph Cale's knife"Stand up! Be strong! We'll take him!"Said the bravest of the menDead in his bed, was found that nightIn pieces, there were ten'All shall be bled', was writtenIn red on the bedroom wallHis Helena, she saw thisAnd she fled across the MoorAxe Mountain town, you let those womenDie by the knifeA lover did I have for sureI'll hold her all my lifeShe climbed up old Axe MountainAnd she raised her hands and cried:"Grant me a weapon, gods of mine,that Lester Cale may die"The sky did crack, and split the mountainHelena reached insidePulled out an axe so terribleThat any man would dieShe screamed with rageAnd flung herself into the town belowTore off her clothes and waited forLester Joseph Cale to showAnd so he did, he came and laughed:"Little girl, what is your plan?You're alone here, it's just you and meI butchered your old man"Said she: "Bastard! Don't speak his name!Don't mention my old man!"And so she struck him in the faceAnd cut off both his handsShe cut him and cut him twice again'Til she could cut no moreShe fed his meat and bonesTo wild dogs upon the MoorThe seasons passed andHelena remained there 'til she diedThe men went off in searchOf better jobs and living bridesBut a woman there was mine, you seeI loved her more than lifeSo scared was ISo scared of Lester Joseph Cale was I,I could not protect my wifeAxe Mountain town, you let those womenDie by the bladeA lover did I have for sureRegret it every dayAxe Mountain town, you let those womenDie by the knifeA lover did I have for sureI'll love her all my life Aus Songtexte Mania