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Kathleen Tab

by Gene Clark


Kathleen 
 
                          
Ever flaming eyes of green
                         
But the loneliest you have seen
                          
Stands there barefoot by the shore
                                  
Like a widows walk that hears their dour

                           
And a voice she's heard not seen
                                               
For many years she's sailed alone
                      
Merry but one day when he
                                         
Went a-whalin' on and then goes on, his Kathleen

Silently she holds within
Like a proud and beautiful she is
Faith like no-one ever said
And her reasons won't belay her fears

Would the cruel stormy sea
Take her love and just never tell life when
And each day, Kathleen
She will beg the spirits of the wind, for Kathleen

Why she'd be upon her knee
Begs the spirit of the wind
Send him safely home from sea
So that love undecided can bloom again, for Kathleen 



by: José Duarte