The Abduction Of Margaret

by The Decemberists

From the album: The Hazards of Love

Track 11 of 17 on The Hazards of Love (2009).

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Lyrics for The Abduction Of Margaret

And all the while whispering arbours Provide cover What previous witnessed ardour Of our lovers? Our heroine here falls prey to Her abductor All a gallop with Margaret slung rude Cross withers Having clamped her innocent fingers In fetters This villain must calculate crossing The wild river

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More from The Hazards of Love

  1. Prelude
  2. The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
  3. A Bower Scene
  4. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
  5. The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
  6. The Queen's Approach
  7. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
  8. The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid
  9. An Interlude
  10. The Rake's Song
  11. The Abduction Of Margaret
  12. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
  13. Annan Water
  14. Margaret In Captivity
  15. The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
  16. The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
  17. The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)