The Lady Blade


I carry the Lady Blade.
No man will change my name.
I'll be neither wife nor maid, nor maid,
But seek a separate fame.

My mother too was born free.
She died in a dark winter's raid.
Two swords she left to me, to me:
Her pride, and her Lady Blade.

Now freedom's a lonely song.
How quickly the voices do fade.
But I will sing on and long, and long,
To the beat of the Lady Blade.

With only my sword for hire,
A faithful friend and keen,
I've parried lovers and liars, and liars,
And carved my pathway between.

I carry the Lady Blade.
Never will I live tame.
And when the last vails are paid, are paid,
My daughter will bear her the same.

For pride, and the Lady Blade...The Blade!


Lyrics and music © 1986 by Janet Wilson

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