Glassensikes At Witching Hour

I was sitting by the taverns hearth
With a pint of finest ale
The bell tolled of the witching hour
And thus began my tale.

I step out of the ale house into the midnight air
To summon a coach and horseman
To get me from here to there
No voice on the air in the blackened night
To foot I must alight
Stepping into the cobbled streets
I enter the Glassensikes
Foreboding trees obscure the sky
As the breeze begins to swell and rise
I wander onto stippin' stones
An icy warning chills my bones.

I pray for passage through the night
To keep me safe from peril and plight
Spare these demons from my sight
On this path bereft of light
A blue flame rises from the marsh
And floats into my path
A headless gentleman now appears
I take flight into the mist
My heart now pounding I slow the pace
To ensure the spirit had not gave chase
For but a moment I felt safe
But the hauntings began again.

How horrible to be balanced upon a stippin' stone
A waterlogged marsh on either side,
And a goblin barghest in my way.

Goblin barghest in my path
Grim as any river demon
Goblin bBarghest in my path
Take your leave or feel my wrath.

The air now still I sigh and wait
For the next apparition to appear
The ghostly call of a near-by owl
And the cloud begins to clear
The moonlight bursts down from above
And illuminates a ghastly sight
A white lady stands, a white rabbit too
And chills me through and through
These creatures shimmer deathly pale
Guarding silently by the trees
The deceased damsel a forlorn figure
Points her finger accusing me
I stand alone in the silver moonlight
As the clouds tear across the sky
Wanting for an earthly companion
To walk along my side.

The Glassenikes at witching hour
A frightful place to be
I pray that future drunken men
Won't suffer the same fate as me
A hulking foreboding terrace
Unlike anything else in town
Raised up in the distance
Now I know I'm homeward bound
Gaslights are marking Harewood Grove
With their amber glow
With the homely scent of an oak log fire
I've not got far to go.

I pray for passage through the night
To keep me safe from peril and plight
Spare these demons from my sight
On this path bereft of light.