Old Maddy...The Village wretch...Her screams could be heard...The Villagers thought her a bit insane...

The night was foggy

Earlier I heard the screams

Those of Old Maddy

She swears to have seen a ghost

Afraid of her own shadow

Refusing to leave her cottage

The villagers believe the old wretch

A bit insane

Others believe her to have seen

The spirit of Caleb O'Mally

Walking on the knoll

The old legend of Ireland

So told by the villagers

One night Caleb O'Mally

Went looking for his wife Kathleen

Earlier that evening

His step son appears at his door

Drunk out of his skull

Swearing to God

Kathleen lies in the stable

Naked in the arms of another

Caleb O'Mally order his step son to leave

After speaking of Kathleen in disrespect

Telling him to never step a foot there again

Caleb enters the cottage in sickness

Waiting for Kathleen to come

Hour pass

The night was coming forth

The fog coming in

Caleb decided to walk to the knoll

Where the stables were

He had been there earlier in the dawn

Splitting wood

With a lantern in his hand

He walks toward the knoll

Coming toward the stables

He could see a dim light in the loft

He stood quietly

Waiting to hear if anyone is there

Suddenly he heard two voices

He recognizes only one

His Kathleen

She utter

He takes her away from Ireland

Pleading her love for him

Caleb O'Mally it was said

Lost his mind

He waited for the two to leave the stable

Standing outside the door

With a sickle he beheaded them both

Leaving them there for the buzzards to feast

Folk lore say

The following day Caleb O'Mally

Burn the stable up on the knoll

He died a year later of grief

Of his Kathleen so told

He walks the knoll

In search of her

Again Old Maddy's screams

Awaken me

I dressed to go check on her

When I stepped out the door

There on top of the knoll

Stand a man in the fog

It was then I knew

Old Maddy

The old wretch

Spoke the truth

For

There stood the spirit of Caleb O'Mally

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