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Demeter's Daughter

by Lady Prudence

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While picking flowers in the field, in the springtime of the year
I heard the sound of chariot wheels, and was afraid with nothing to fear
And there he stood with his face like coal, his eyes as dark as a night in hell
And there he stood with his eyes afire, saying "Fair lady, I wish you well."

They say he forced me, but that's not true - of my free will I followed him down
To his dark place beneath the hill, to his dark palace below the ground
And there he loved me and I loved him, though all the world there was icy dark
We never noticed the light was dim for the bright flame inside our hearts.

They say above us the world grew cold, the leaves and flowers began to die
The fruit trees withered and grew old, and dark'ning clouds covered all the sky.
My mother searched hard and tried to find the pathway leading down from the sun
And long she travelled with troubled mind until she walked where we once had run.

I still remember the dreadful hour she stood before us and bade me leave
Her dress of sunlight, her face a flower, his face behind me so full of grief
We made a bargain and it was sure, we made a contract and it was sound
That I would go with her for half the year, the other half come below the ground.

It was so good at first to see the sky, to walk in sunlight and hear the lark
But not so good to have to say goodbye to my love down there in the dark
So yes it's true then that life is good, and I've learnt the lesson it can teach
That you can never have all you want, and you never want what's within reach.

The fairest flower that ever grows, lies deep inside a bush of thorns
And happiness then is like the rose, for without pain nothing good is born.
To know the sunlight you must know dark, to know the flowers you must know weeds
You cannot meet again unless you part, nor eat a pomegranate without seeds.

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released November 15, 2020
Author: Anne Lister, words & music
Cover: Lady Prudence, harp & vocal

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Lady Prudence Aiken, South Carolina

Lady Prudence, The Court Composer, appears at Renaissance Festivals around the country to play and sing for patrons of all ages. Come find her at the Arizona, Scarborough, New York, and Carolina Renaissance Festivals!

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