Ballad Of Denshaw Mill Lyrics - Caught In The Light - Barclay James Harvest

Mother and child, mother and 

Just the mother and child 

On a cold starry night in the winter time 

Stood three old men by a mill pond in the moonlight 

And they spoke of the young men on the front line 

How they all wished them home for the Christmas time 

As they spoke from the east came a bright light 

And it sparkled like pure gold in their sad eyes 

And an angel came down on Denshaw Mill 

Spreading her light all around on the dark side 

Are you blind can you not see? 

Do you think that it's me who deceives? 

He promised to be there if you believe 

To carry you home 

A hole as rotten as ever fouled the green earth 

"Was this old mill in its day", spoke the angel 

Yet, there's many a poor boy in foreign climes 

Who would think this old mill now a palace fine 

As she spoke from the mill who came laughter 

Came the warm sounds of the young men like a summer breeze 

And they rose in the night like fire bright 

Spreading their light all around on the dark side 

Are you blind can you not see? 

Do you think that it's me who deceives? 

He promised to be there if you believe 

To carry you home 

No one knows what became of the bonny lads 

Posted missing, lost in action in a far land 

Fools and heroes, gallant men, now side by side 

With the old men who believed they came home that night 

To the warmth of their homes at Christmas time 

To the peace of their homes at Christmas time