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Travelling man
You came alone
At the end of the night
When the flowers fell down

Finding my door
bolted and closed
For a while you stayed
Down by the road

My groggy eyes
Half closed in sleep
Peered in the night
Failing to see

Then the dawn came along
With the mist of the night
You went away
Into the light

The rose by my door
even today
can tell if I ask her
what you did say

Removing the drops
of dew from her leaves
She stayed awake
for you to see

Had I opened my door
to welcome you there
Had I whispered just one little
word in your ear

That very autumn midnight
I would have been gone
Sailed aloft
and mingled in your song