Saint Stephen's End

Did you hear about St. Stephen's End
And how they stoned him by the river bend
In the morning sun
When the world was young?
Did you hear about the elephant
Who ran wild from the circus tent
Killed a crowd of ten
Before they shot him dead?
Oh, Mary, don't you cry
Lay your weary hand in mine
Did you hear about Edith Cavell
How on the firing line she fell
On a Belgian night
In a dress of white?
Oh, Mary, don't you cry
Lay your weary hand in mine
And swing low and softly down
And lend me your ear

Did you hear about St. Peter's crown
And how they crucified him upside down
In the desert air
When the world was fair?
Oh, Mary, don't you cry
Lay your weary hand in mine
And swing low and softly down
And lend me your ear
Mary dear