My Ballad Poem

The Ballad of Marian Blacktree
by
Marian Blacktree

Refrain:Oh, do you know the mountain roadThat leads to yonder peak?A few will walk that trail alone,Their dreams they go to seek.
(1)One such was Marian Blacktree,A lowly sheperdess,And courting her was Tom, the swain,Who loved her nonetheless.
(2)A thought occurred to MarianWhile watching o'er her sheep,And gazing at the mountain thusShe nodded off to sleep.
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(3)That night she came to Tom and saidShe longed to know the sky."I'm weary of this valley, love,I want to learn to fly!"
(4)Poor Thomas did not want to leave,This valley was all he knew.So when she turned and left him thereHer heart, it broke in two.
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(5)Her faithful swain did track her, All night the trail led on, And finally at the mountain topHe looked, but she was gone.
(6)As morning broke and lit the skyAn eagle he did see:It circled 'round him thrice and cried.He knew now she was free.
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