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Alice Among the Headstones

from Taking You Out to See the Stars by Gray Rinehart

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Examining the legend of Alice Flagg, one of the most famous ghosts of the South Carolina Lowcountry.

(Third of the triad of songs related to some of my old stomping grounds.)

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Lying still and lonely in an ancient yard of graves
Under mighty oaks festooned with Spanish moss
By a coastal church, consecrated to all the noble saints
Rests Alice, yearning for the love she lost


Chorus
And Alice Flagg still walks among the headstones
In a dress she thought she'd wear her wedding day
But no ring is set upon her tender finger
And no one hears her weeping by her grave


She loved the ring he gave her to secure the vow they made
And dreamed of all the happiness they'd planned
But her family could not bear to lose their princess to a knave
And pledged her to another, better man

Chorus

Bridge
She wore the ring on a winding ribbon to keep it secret
But her brother found it, and tore it from her neck
At the Hermitage, delirious, she gave up her precious spirit
And as she faded away she begged for her ring back


So if you go to All Saints graveyard, to the slab that bears her name
And walk around it in the dark of the new Moon
You may feel her touch upon you, and though you look for her in vain
Never doubt for once that the truest love endures

Chorus

Yes, Alice Flagg still walks among the headstones
And no one hears her weeping ...

credits

from Taking You Out to See the Stars, released June 23, 2022
Words and music by Gray Rinehart

Vocals by Gray Rinehart
Instrumentation by Mark Minervino

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Gray Rinehart writes science fiction, fantasy, assorted nonfiction, and the odd song. Or odd songs.

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