Catherine [unknown] was the sweetest girl in Billy town
And my bad love for her was the thing that brought me down
We were never married so in secret we would meet and lay
In the field beyond the orchard, to the close of day

And through that magic summer she would hold me
Just like a tender wife
And everything was perfect in this possible life

Arthur [unknown], he is a crooked bastard of a man
And it's my luck to be caught up in his wicked plan
I know he loved my Catherine too, his was jealous, he was me
And I saw the way he watched her walk across the green

So sure that it was him that betrayed us
When he went and saw the priest
Now I'm marked for death like some dark hunted savage beast

In the middle of a lovely dream the mob kicked in my door
They dragged me to the cellar and threw me on the floor
So I asked them then, "Why'd you bring me here at this ungodly time?
What law is it I've broken, fiends, what is my crime?"

They said that someone saw us dancing in the moonlight
With the devil hand-in-hand
Levitating round a bonfire while the old god stares

So I begged them to see reason, I screamed my lungs out
I cried, "As true as fire burns, I was never there"
They said, "Your life is your confession, we can read the mind of God
And it is his will that soon you'll be beneath the soil"

They said that someone saw us dancing in the moonlight
Naked underneath the stars
Changing shape between the shadows into red-eyed birds

They say the Lord is holy, they say the Lord is good
They say the Lord died for us on a cross of wood
Where is he now? I've sent to him such clear and solemn prayers
Why doesn't he come forward, if he's really there

They're lighting up the timber now, I feel the flames of hell
The fire burns unknowing, doing its job well
They can scorch my bones to ashes, they can throw me to the crows
But I love my darling Catherine more than ever now

They said that someone saw us dancing in the moonlight
With the devil hand-in-hand
Chanting incantations too bizarre to understand

They said that someone saw us dancing in the moonlight
And we signed our names in blood
Sworn enemy of man and cursed by God