Dragon's Head at Robinhood Farm
photo taken and slightly edited by Charlie Ipcar,
Graphic ©2022, Ipbar Productions, all rights reserved.
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Dragon's Head at Robinhood Farm
photo taken and slightly edited by Charlie Ipcar,
Graphic ©2022, Ipbar Productions, all rights reserved.
There is a ridge high above the farm,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And there a dragon lies forlorn--
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
He’s slept there for many a year,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And no one knows that he lies near—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
Until one day a maid traipsed by,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
She stopped and stared in great surprise—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
For there was a dragon’s head in stone,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And the autumn winds did softly moan—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
She tapped his head with a rowan branch,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And chanted words as she danced—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
A glow returned to the dragon’s eyes,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And smoke from his nose began to rise—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
The maid alarmed, stepped back a pace,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
As the dragon stared into her face—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
“Because you stirred me from my rest,”
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
“I’ll grant one wish at your request”—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
“But consider long and wish you well,”
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
“Lest all your hopes be dashed to hell—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
Should she wish a world free from strife?
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
Or love long lost, or lasting life?
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
She did not know what wish to choose,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
A world to win, a world to lose?
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
The dragon smiled at her angst and pain,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
She wished his head were stone again—
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
There is a ridge high above the farm,
Oh, the rose and the linsey-oh!
And there a dragon lies forlorn--
High on the Greenwood side-y-oh.
This song was inspired by what we found high on a ridge while surveying a boundary at Robinhood Farm, what appeared to be a dragon’s head at the end of an old stone wall.