Trying again to be helpful

I reach out to take her hand

Only then do I see the blood

Dripping onto rock and sand

 

In her right hand she held a knife

Her left clutched her husband’s heart

Her husband had been unfaithful

Tearing her world and mind apart

 

She looked with frenzied hatred on

A lecherous wretch like me

Quickly slashed head from body

Tossing the head into the sea

 

So hear me all unfaithful men

Attend these words of the dead

Beware of the Woman in White

Or you too may lose your head.