Was a girl such a pretty girl Hunched over an old man She wore a smile such a crooked smile She had blood stains on her hands She had blood stains on her hands Not so long not so far away A woman and her man Took a walk just a sunday walk On the outskirts of town And he knocked that woman down What the mind forgets the soul reclaims All my love's in vain Was a man such a twisted man He had something on his mind For a child an unwanted child So he swung her round and round And the river took her down What the mind forgets the soul reclaims All my love's in vain Golden curls like her mothers own The spirit of a man All the while she grew up single mind To avenge her mother's soul To avenge her mother's soul What the mind forgets the soul reclaims All my love's in vain What the mind for gets the soul reclaims All my love's in, all my love's in, All my love's in vain