Little Grave Lyrics - George Hamilton Iv

One winter's Eve I went a walking out beyond the city gate 

For to fetch a fresh young pheasant for my darling's dinner plate 

It was snowing oh so quietly and the woods were wide and soft 

Just the sound of snowflakes falling and the footsteps as I walked 

There I saw a fresh young pheasant and I shot and killed him there 

And I heard a distant church bell as the bird fell from the air 

As I held his dying body the strangest thought came over me 

God had made this little body that I had killed so faultlessly 

All the woods were dark and shadowed with the light the cold stars gave 

I sent a prayer to God in heaven and covered up the little grave 

And covered up the little grave 

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