Oh how the banshees wail!
Searching for souls before their rest as ivory bone.
Ferry a soul beyond the veil…
From afar they know when man is beyond the pale —
Bound to a great Gaelic house of ancient stone.
Oh how the banshees wail!
Following death across the dale.
They gather round one great or hallowed, long since known.
Ferry a soul beyond the veil…
For those who have fallen in chain mail,
Murdered or snatched from life who moan,
Ferry a soul beyond the veil…
Dressed red as blood and cloak of grey they trail.
Oh how the banshees wail!
Ferry a soul beyond the veil…