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It was a cold night

 And the snow lay low

I pulled my coat tight

 Against the falling down

And the sun was all

 And the sun was all down

And the sun was all

 And the sun was all down

I am a poor man

 I haven't wealth nor fame

I have my two hands

 And a house to my name

And the winter's so

 And the winter's so long

And the winter's so

 And the winter's so long

And all the stars were crashing 'round

 As I laid eyes on what I'd found

It was a white crane

 It was a helpless thing

Upon a red stain

 With an arrow its wing

And it called and cried

 And it called and cried so

And it called and cried

 And it called and cried so

And all the stars were crashing 'round

 As I laid eyes on what I'd found

 My crane wife, my crane wife

 My crane wife, my crane wife

Now I helped her

 And I dressed her wounds

And how I held her

 Beneath the rising moon

And she stood to fly

 And she stood to fly away

And she stood to fly

 She stood to fly away

And all the stars were crashing 'round

 As I laid eyes on what I'd found

 My crane wife, my crane wife

 My crane wife, my crane wife