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The Child Awakes
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By Frank Peter Hermsen
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These creatures came
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Out of the storm
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In a moonless night
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When the dark child was born
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They took it with them
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Out of it¢¥s crib
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Damned it to sleep
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And buried it deep
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It¢¥s hard to forget
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The ugly child
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When you hear it calling
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In the middle of the night
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Through the mist
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Closer again
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Through the night
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All over this land
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They always say
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They will return
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When the child awakes
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To murder and burn
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And sometimes
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In stormy moonless nights
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My fear makes me
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Run away and hide
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I often pray
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To the good lord then
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Not to let this child
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Wake up
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Again
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It¢¥s hard to forget....
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The Child Awakes
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Another Tale |