So pure and graceful and free
~#**************#~
And caught the attention of one who was there
~#**************#~
A Candlestick-maker, he
~#**************#~
Handsome and young, a craftsman fine
~#**************#~
Smitten by her that day
~#**************#~
And so then he wrote down a poem for her that would say
~#**************#~
“Take me in your hands tonight
~#**************#~
Come through the parlour by candlelight
~#**************#~
With thee I will wait this night
~#**************#~
Chase away shadows and stay til the morning is nigh”
~#**************#~
But the journey of love is a rocky road
~#**************#~
And comes with many a spill
~#**************#~
He wooed and pursued her for more than a year
~#**************#~
And then she said I will
~#**************#~
He made her a gift of a candlestick
~#**************#~
On their wedding day
~#**************#~
And written in silver around in the words, that did say
~#**************#~
“Take me in your hands tonight
~#**************#~
Come through the parlour by candlelight
~#**************#~
With thee I will wait this night
~#**************#~
Chase away shadows and stay til the morning is nigh”
~#**************#~
That candlestick was so much loved and admired
~#**************#~
But hundreds of years would go by
~#**************#~
‘Twas there in an old Curiosity shop
~#**************#~
I found it, forgotten by time
~#**************#~
Blackened with age but soon to shine
~#**************#~
Beauty from long ago
~#**************#~
And I often consider all those who have held it before
~#**************#~
“Take me in your hands tonight
~#**************#~
Come through the parlour by candlelight
~#**************#~
With thee I will wait this night
~#**************#~
Chase away shadows and stay til the morning is nigh
~#**************#~
“Take me in your hands tonight
~#**************#~
Come through the parlour by candlelight
~#**************#~
With thee I will wait this night
~#**************#~
Chase away shadows and stay til the morning is nigh
~#**************#~
Chase away shadows and stay til the morning is nigh”
