Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Old Waits Carol CAPO 3rd Fret [Verse 1] The moon shines bright and the stars give a light A little before it is day The lord our god he forgave us And bids us awake and pray____ [Verse 2] The life of man is but a span And cut down in its flower We’re here to-day tomorrow gone The creatures of an hour____ [Verse 3] Today you may be alive and well Worth many a thousand pound Tomorrow dead and cold as clay Your corpse laid underground__ [Verse 4] With one turf at thine head oh man And another at thy feet Thy good deeds and thy bad oh man Will all together meet____ [Verse 5] My song is done I must be gone I can stay no longer here God bless you all both great and small And send you a joyful new year____