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The Woodsman

from The Post by Henry Bristow

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There once was a woodsman
Who lived by a river
An honest man
But a rogue by trade

He ran from the scars
He bore from a princess
Who stole his heart
But didn’t love him the same

Into the woods he ran
Far from that castle
To start a new life
So far from his pain

To take a new house
And to live in that forest,
Cover his face
And to change his name

Wondering through the woods one day
He heard a sound so beautiful,
He followed it through a wooded glade
And saw a maiden there

She played the violin at the grave of her father
Every day since the day of his death,
His favourite tune
Was the one she would play him,
A mournful song that she played
As she wept

She played on the the hill
Like a devil or an angel
She swayed in the breeze
And she’d sing to the rain

Oh how he would stare,
Oh how he would stare,
“Beautiful maiden
You play so fair”

He returned the next day
To see her played
Well days turned to weeks
And months turned to years
And finally no longer
He could hold in his love
For the maiden who played
On the hill

“Oh marry me maiden!”
He shouted aloud
As he leapt forth
From his hiding place

She looked at him once
And she knew that she loved him
Weathered and grim
As he was

She played on the hill
Like a devil or an angel
And swayed in the breeze
And she’d sing to the rain

Oh how he would stare,
Oh how he would stare,
“Beautiful maiden
You play so fair”

He returned to the castle
With his beloved bride
And his mother cried
As he was married a prince
And so it goes
what the stars desire,
They always get
in the end.

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from The Post, released July 5, 2018

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Henry Isaac Bristow - Haunt Hastings, UK

I was born in Hastings, East Sussex, England, and play, write and record music of many genres; this is for my original work. I'm a producer, composer, and session musician, and was classically trained in the violin and piano, and I like to sing and play the guitar from time to time.


I created the project, Haunt for lofi and shoegaze recordings of mine; A genre I'm passionate about. ... more

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