The Red Rider

A Myth of Cheshire

And then the Red Rider came, on the night
Of the storm. And the howling winds shook all
The stout timbered walls, and the portal gate
Bell sent out low hideous sounds. Dark fright
Found the Knight deep in Bramhall Hall: “You fall
This night, Knight of Bramhall Hall. The fate
Of you, Knight of Bramhall Hall, comes in
With this horseman in crimson and red, comes
In on his steed, most unearthly and black,
You know the stories. You must welcome him
In, must give him warm fare, share good ale from
Your stores, safe lodge his horse. No turning back
No turning from, what must be will befall.
The Red Rider’s come, Knight of Bramhall Hall.”