Within the fire and out upon the seaCrazy Man Michael was
walkingHe met with a raven with eyes black as coalsAnd shortly
they were a-talking"Your future, your future, I would tell to
youYour future, you often have asked meYour true love will die
by your own right handAnd Crazy Man Michael will cursed
be"Michael he ranted and Michael he ravedAnd beat at the four
winds with his fists-ohHe laughed and he cried, he shouted and
he sworeFor his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-oh"You
speak with an evil, you speak with a hateYou speak for the devil
that haunts meFor is she not the fairest in all the broad
land?Your sorceror's words are to taunt me"He took out his
dagger of fire and of steelAnd struck down the raven through the
heart-ohThe bird fluttered long and the sky it did spinAnd the
cold earth did wonder and start-oh"Oh, where is the raven that I
struck down deadThat here'd lie on the ground-oh?I see but
my true love with a wound so red"Her lover's heart it did
pound-ohCrazy Man Michael, he wanders and walksAnd talks to the
night and the day-ohBut his eyes they are sane and his speech it
is clearAnd he longs to be far away-ohMichael he whistles the
simplest of tunesAnd asks the wild woods their pardonFor his
true love is flown into every flower grownAnd he must be keeper
of the garden