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 every face you know and every low road they ve 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 sing my darling and what do you sing 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 sing my lover and what do you sing my friend i don t know i don t know at midnight comes the snow i can t see but i hear a little hymn i can t see but i hear a little hymn