[00:41.00]A young man walked through the forest
[00:44.00]with his quiver and hunting bow
[00:48.00]He heard a young girl singing
[00:52.00]and followed the sound below
[00:55.00]There he found the maiden
[00:59.00]who lives in the willow
[01:02.00]He called to her as she listened
[01:06.00]from a ring of toadstools red
[01:10.00]'Come with me my maiden
[01:14.00]come from thy willow bed'
[01:17.00]She looked at him serenely
[01:21.00]and only shook her head.
[01:25.00]'See me now, a ray of light in the moondance
[01:33.00]See me now, I cannot leave this place
[01:40.00]Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[01:47.00]Don't ask me, to follow where you lead'
[01:56.00]
[02:03.00]A young man walked through the forest
[02:06.00]with a flower and coat of green
[02:10.00]His love had hair like fire
[02:13.00]her eyes an emerald sheen
[02:17.00]She wrapped herself in beauty
[02:21.00]so young and so serene
[02:24.00]He stood there under the willow
[02:28.00]and he gave her the yellow bloom
[02:31.00]girl my heart you've captured
[02:35.00]oh I would be your groom'
[02:39.00]She said she'd wed him never
[02:43.00]not near, nor far, nor soon
[02:47.00]'See me now, a ray of light in the moondance
[02:53.00]See me now, I cannot leave this place
[03:01.00]Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[03:09.00]Don't ask me, to follow where you lead'
[03:19.00]
[03:24.00]A young man walked through the forest
[03:28.00]with an axe sharp as a knife
[03:32.00]I'll take the green-eyed fairy
[03:35.00]and she shall be my wife
[03:39.00]With her I'll raise my children
[03:42.00]with her I'll live my life
[03:46.00]The maiden wept when she heard him
[03:50.00]when he said he'd set her free
[03:53.00]He took his axe and used it
[03:57.00]to bring down her ancient tree
[04:01.00]'Now your willow's fallen
[04:04.00]now you belong to me'
[04:08.00]'See me now, a ray of light in the moondance
[04:15.00]See me now, I cannot leave this place
[04:22.00]Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[04:30.00]Don't ask me, to follow where you lead'
[04:40.00]
[04:52.00]She followed him out the forest
[04:58.00]and collesped upon the earth
[05:03.00]Her feets had walked but a distance
[05:08.00]from the green land of her birth
[05:13.00]She faded into a flower
[05:18.00]that would bloom for one bright eve
[05:23.00]He could not take from the forest
[05:27.00]what was never meant to leave