Kate Wolf - Midnight star

Let me ^Ctell you a story, it ^Fhappened long ago When the ^Cpines were dancing in the wind on the ^G7Mendocino shore The ^Amtown lights were blazing, there were ^Emparties everywhere ^FIt was ^CChristmas eve and ^Gjoy was in the ^Cair

In the dark and stormy night ^Fsomeone heard the sound Of ^Csomething breaking on the rocks and a ^G7big ship going down ^AmSome said they saw a light some ^Emswore it was a star That ^Fshone out there in the ^Cnight al^Gthough it wasn't ^Cfar

In the grey light of morning they ^Fwalked along the sand Finding ^Cpieces of the ship but no ^G7sign of her hands Ex^Amcept a tiny pair of shoes and a ^Emwoman's ragged coat That ^Flay there at the ^Cwater's edge in the ^Gdriftwood and the ^Cfoam

Some said she sailed from India or the ^Fcoast of Oregon Some ^Csaid by the size of her rigging it was ^G7some place far beyond But ^Amwhy she sailed into a port closed ^Emdown so long ago Or if ^Fall on board were ^Clost at sea ^Gno one seemed to ^Cknow

The fire was crackling in the stove when he ^Fheard the wailing cry Of a ^Clittle baby in the night ^G7somewhere close outside He ^Amgrabbed his gun and he left the house, he ^Emthought it was A cat But he ^Ffound a ^Cwoman with a ^Gbabe, fallen in her ^Ctracks

She was cold, her eyes were glazed, her ^Fskin was ghostly white He ^Ctried to make her speak, she just ^G7handed him the child ^AmAnd then she passed into that ^Emendless sleep And he ^Fknelt ^Cbeside her on the ^Gtrail and he began to ^Cweep

Rushing home he stoked the fire and he ^Fbathed the weary babe Its ^Cskin was brown as a hazel nut, its ^G7eyes of greenest jade In ^Amage it was about two years or ^Emmaybe six months more But he ^Fhad the look of a ^Cwise old man who'd ^Gbeen this way be^Cfore

And so he stayed and he filled the heart of the ^Fman that he called dad And ^CShipwreck Star was the only name that ^G7boy-child ever had His ^Ammama, she lies buried in the ^Emmanzanita and the pines Where the ^Fwild azaleas ^Cbloom in the ^Gfog-bound summer^Ctime