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Young charlotte lived by the mountainside In a wild and lowly spot Not a dwelling house for 5 miles around Except her father's cot. On many pleasant winters night Young folks would gather there Her father kept a social house And she was young and fair. Her father liked to see her dressed As fine as a city belle For she was the only child that he had And he loved his daughter well. It was New Years Eve the sun was low Joy beamed in her bright blue eyes As to the window she would go And watch the sleighs pass by It was New Years Eve the sun was low, Joy beamed in bright blue eyes She watched until her true loves sleigh Came swiftly riding by. In a village 15 miles away SongtexteThere's a merry ball tonight The piercing air is cold as death But her heart was warm and bright. ?O daughter dear? her mother said ?This blanket around you fold It's a dreadful night to go abroad and You'll catch your death of cold? ?Oh no oh no!? the daughter said And she laughed like a gypsy queen ?For to ride in a sleigh all bundled up I never shall be seen? ?My silken coat it is quite warm It's lined throughout you know Besides I have a silken scarf Which around my neck ill throw? Her cloak and bonnet soon were on And they stepped into the sleigh And around the mountain side they went For many miles away There's life in the sound of the merry bells As over the hills they go What a creaking sound the runners make As they bite the frozen snow With muffled faces silently Over 5 long miles they passed Till Charlie with these frozen words The silence broke at last ?Such a night as this I never knew These lines I scarce can hold? And charlotte said in a very feeble voice ?I'm growing very cold? He cracked his whip he urged his steed Much faster than before ?Saying its ten long dreadful miles to go And it's over ice and snow? ?How fast? Charles said ?the frosty ice Keeps gathering on my brow? And charlotte said in a very feeble voice ?I'm growing warmer now? And on they ride through the frosty air And the glittering cold starlight Until at last the village inn And the ballroom are in sight He drove up to the ballroom door Stepped out and reached his hand He asked her once he asked her twice But she said not a word ?Why sit you there like a monument?? ?Within is power to stir!? He called her by her name again Still she said not a word He took her hand in his oh God It was cold and hard as stone He tore the mantle from her brow And there the cold stars shone And the into the lighted hall Her lifeless form he bore Charlotte was a frozen corpse And words spoke never more Young Charles now down by her side And the bitter tears they flow My own my true intended bride I never more shall know He twinned his arms around her neck And the bitter tears they flow And his thoughts turned back to the place where she said ?I'm growing warmer now.? (Thanks to Jeremy for these lyrics) Aus Songtexte Mania