Black Rose-Sarah Nixey

[00:11.89]A fallen woman at Water of Hoy [00:16.53]A life gone to ruin for a sailor boy [00:26.01]He ran to the sea and turned a blind eye [00:37.93]Fleetly forgotten no lovers' goodbye [00:46.80]She took to the ocean to drown out the shame [00:52.12]They held up their crosses and blackened her name [01:01.86]Walked into the sea and summoned the tide [01:14.56]No misbegotten from islander's life [01:22.83]I'll die for my sins [01:32.64]And the life within me [01:42.71]They'll cut me down 'cause I'm a black rose [01:52.15]But the scent lingers on where the howling wind blows [02:02.65]The rope that I hold set free my soul [02:07.34]Just hair, skin and bone for a soldier's peep show [02:16.25]In the heather-clad hills forever enshrined [02:28.96]Here lies a woman for love and for pride [02:37.81]I'll die for my sins [02:47.36]And the life within me [02:57.64]They'll cut me down 'cause I'm a black rose [03:06.76]But the scent lingers on where the howling wind blows [03:20.41]I'm a black rose