I awoke one night
With a terrible fright
With a shadow o’er my bairn’s bed.
‘Wait’ said I ‘He’s not to die
Please take me instead’.
I left where I lay
So my bairn could stay
And joined the shadow that night.
We moved through the town
And came visiting down
Collecting beams of light.
By the time of the dawn
It was time to move on
The shadow was now my friend.
Back in my bed On leaving, he said
‘I’ll be with you till the end’.