A black wave is comin' A black wave will fall Touch your tremblin' lips to your pale fingertips A black wave doth call So where do you go my lover And where do you go my friend When every face you know and every low road They have all become dark and dim A black wave is comin' A black wave will fall Touch your tremblin' lips to your pale fingertips A black wave doth call So what do you see my darlin' And what do you see my dear I can't tell, I can't tell in the wild wood a spell And the clouds forsake the sky here So what do you see my lover And what do you see my friend I don't know, I don't know at Midnight comes a snow I can't see, but I hear a little hymn I can't see, but I hear a little hymn