CRAZY MAN MICHEAL 
 
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Within the park and out upon the sea 
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Crazy Man Michael was walking 
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He met with a raven with eyes black as coals 
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And shortly they fell a talking 
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Your future, your future I will tell to you 
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Your future you often have asked me 
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Your true love will die by your own right hand 
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And Crazy Man Michael will cursed be 
 
Michael he ranted and Michael he raved 
And beat the 4 winds with his fists-o 
He laughed and he cried he shouted and he swore 
For his mad mind had trapped him with a curse-o 
You speak with and 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 sorcerer's words are to tempt me. 
 
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel 
And struck down the raven through the heart-o 
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin 
And the cold earth did wonder and stare-o 
Oh where is the raven that I struck down dead 
That here did lie on the ground-o 
I see my true love with a wound so red 
And her lover's heart it did pound-o 
 
Crazy Man Michael he wanders of course 
And talks to the night and the day-o 
And his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear 
And he longs to be far away-o 
Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes 
And asks the wild rose their pardon 
For his true love is flown into every flower grown 
And he must be keeper of the garden