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by Fairport Convention
a favorite of Aonghos
Crazy Man Michael
by Dave Swarbrick & Richard Thompson
[Dm] Within the [F] fog and [C] out on the [Am] sea
[Dm] Crazy man [C] Michael was [Dm] walking
he [Dm] met with a [F] Raven with [C] eyes black as [Am] coals
and [Dm] shortly [C] they were [Dm] a-talking
Your [Am] future, your future I would [Dm] tell to you
your [Am] future you often have [C] asked me
your [Dm] true love will [C] die by your [Dm] own right [Am] hand
and [Dm] crazy man [C] Michael will [Dm] curs’ed be
Michael he ranted and Micheal he raved
and he beat the four winds with his fists - oh
he laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore
for his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss - oh
You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
you speak for the devil that haunts me
for is she not the fairest in all the broad land
your sorcerous words are to taunt me
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
and struck down the raven through the heart - oh
the bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
and the cold earth did wonder and start - oh
Oh where is the raven that I struck down dead
and here did lie on the ground - oh
I see that my true love with a wound so red
where her lovers heart it did pound - oh
Crazy man Michael he wonders at the corpse
and talks to the night and the day - oh
but his eyes they are sane and his speech it is plain
and he longs to be far away - oh
Micheal he wistles the simplest of tunes
and asks of the wild wolves their pardon
for his truwee love has flown into every garden grown
and he must be keeper of her garden
[Dm] Crazy man [C] Michael was [Dm] walking
he [Dm] met with a [F] Raven with [C] eyes black as [Am] coals
and [Dm] shortly [C] they were [Dm] a-talking
Your [Am] future, your future I would [Dm] tell to you
your [Am] future you often have [C] asked me
your [Dm] true love will [C] die by your [Dm] own right [Am] hand
and [Dm] crazy man [C] Michael will [Dm] curs’ed be
Michael he ranted and Micheal he raved
and he beat the four winds with his fists - oh
he laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore
for his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss - oh
You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
you speak for the devil that haunts me
for is she not the fairest in all the broad land
your sorcerous words are to taunt me
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
and struck down the raven through the heart - oh
the bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
and the cold earth did wonder and start - oh
Oh where is the raven that I struck down dead
and here did lie on the ground - oh
I see that my true love with a wound so red
where her lovers heart it did pound - oh
Crazy man Michael he wonders at the corpse
and talks to the night and the day - oh
but his eyes they are sane and his speech it is plain
and he longs to be far away - oh
Micheal he wistles the simplest of tunes
and asks of the wild wolves their pardon
for his truwee love has flown into every garden grown
and he must be keeper of her garden