King of Boys
Tale of the Golden King: A Haunting Ballad from Mold
Lyrics
On a hill in Mold, North Wales
Reference to a location: Mold, North Wales
Sightings of a ghostly boy
Reports of a spectral boy
Clad in gold glittering in the moonlight
The boy is adorned in gold, shining in moonlight
King of boys your grave's been robbed
Addressing the "King of boys," whose grave has been desecrated
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The grave's contents were sold for English Pounds
You can't wear your gold cape anymore
The boy can no longer wear his gold cape
You don't roam the hillside like before
The boy doesn't wander the hillside as he used to
They took everything you had
Everything the boy possessed was taken
And they left you cold like that
He was left abandoned and cold
Long ago they stole a boy from the moonlight
Recalling a time when the boy was stolen from the moonlight
King of boys your grave's been robbed
Reiteration of the desecration of the boy's grave
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The grave's contents were sold for English Pounds again
You can't wear your gold cape anymore
The boy can no longer wear his gold cape (repeated)
You don't roam the hillside like before
The boy doesn't roam the hillside as before (repeated)
King of boys your grave's been robbed
Reiteration of the desecration of the boy's grave (repeated)
Sold for English Pound
The grave's contents were sold for English Pound again
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