A Woman Bold (Joe, Arco Lyric Collab)

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[Verse 1] Hark ye now and lend an ear A tale of days long fled A maid who feared no man nor beast Nor any word they said Her blade was swift her arm was sure The finest in the land She'd never bow to any lord Nor take a suitor's hand [Pre-Chorus] So they came from far and wide To test her steel and pride To test her steel and pride [Chorus] She swung she stood she would not fall She would not fall for anyone She swung she stood she would not fall Until the stranger came [Verse 2] A rider out of eastern lands With eyes like burnished gold He bowed and asked to join the fray A story to be told They parried twice they parried thrice The sparks flew from their steel At last her sword went spinning down And brought her to his heel [Pre-Chorus] And he did not boast or crow He only held her close He only held her close [Chorus] She swung she stood she would not fall She would not fall for anyone She swung she stood she would not fall Until the stranger came [Bridge] So hear me now ye lads and lasses Strength is not the whole A heart may yield a heart may break And still remain a whole And still remain a whole [Verse 3] She kept her horse she kept her sword Her freedom and her name Yet chose to stand beside that man And never once felt shame So ends the tale of yore my friends Of iron and of grace A woman bold a stranger kind Who found their rightful place [Chorus] She swung she stood she would not fall She would not fall for anyone She swung she stood she would not fall Until the stranger came [Outro] Until the stranger came Until the stranger came