Tell me, where did Helen go? This is where she had her dwelling She has vanished like the snow Where there is no way of telling This is where she had her dwelling And the while they come and they go Where there is no way of telling She has vanished like the snow
What became of Heloise? Abelard, he was her lover Once they lived in Saint-Denis Where they've gone, I can't discover Abelard, he was her lover All the while they come and they go Where they've gone I can't discover They have vanished like the snow
Joan came riding from the rain Everybody knows the story England burned her in the rain Theirs the shame and hers the glory Everybody knows the story All the while they come and they go England's shame and France's glory When she vanished like the snow
Where's the times and where's the places? That is what I'd like to know For they gloried in their graces When they vanished like the snow