This was mentioned by Peg on 26-Sep-2000 and by SDShad on Halloween, 2001:


YOU WILL BURN
Words and music by Peter Knight.
As recorded by Steeleye Span on “Time,” 1996.

[1] One night as you sleep in your goose-feather bed,
We will be kneeling at your bedside.
We'll pray for your soul like the good Lord said:
Let all be forgiven; let none be denied.

[2] Then one night as you sleep in your goose-feather bed,
We will be standing at your bedside.
Your bones will be broken and your blood will be shed.
Your eyes will be taken and your hands will be tied.

[3] Then we'll take you to the forest where none will hear your cry,
And we'll cut down the sycamore and broom,
And it's there we will forgive you, and it's there we'll watch you die
Like a dancing silhouette against the moon.

[4] And you will burn, you will burn.
We will purify your soul in the fire, in the fire,
And your spirit will live forever.
It will rise, it will rise,
From the ashes and the embers in your eyes, in your eyes,
And your spirit will live forever.

[5] Praise the Lord!
Another soul is saved.
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

[REPEAT 1]

[2 with variation:] Then one night as you sleep in your goose-feather bed,
We will be standing at your bedside,
But your home will be burning and your child will be dead,
Your eyes will be taken and your hands will be tied.

[REPEAT 3, 4, 5, 5.]