ALEXIS KYLEE - Tears in Heaven...
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a young maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ALEXIS KYLEE; And this young maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love. I and my Alexis Kylee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven; Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Alexis Kylee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me. Yes! - that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Alexis Klyee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love...