Colder than the ice caps
Colder than the sea
Colder than the shriven cornstalks
Shivering ‘mong the scree
Cold now is our country
Cold now are our men
Colder are the children
Cold as a dying breed
When women walk the coldness
And their husbands walk away
When children haunt the houses
That shiver and cast away
Then colder than the coldness
Are frozen hearts and ears
Then colder than the darkness
That wails when nobody hears
