A [Am] young man walked through the forest with his quiver and hunting bow
He heard a young girl [Dm] singing and [Em] followed the sound be[Am] low
There he found the [Dm] maiden who [Em] lives in the [Am] willow
He [Am] called to her as she listened from a ring of toadstools, red
Come with me my [Dm] maiden come [Em] from thy willow [Am] bed
She looked at him se[Dm] renely and [Em] only shook her [Am] head
[Am] See me now, a ray of light in the moon dance
[Am] See me now, I [Dm] cannot [Em] leave this [Am] place
[Am] Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[Am] Don't ask me to [Bm7b5] follow where you [E7] lead
A [Am] young man walked through the forest with a flower and coat of green
His love had hair like [Dm] fire her [Em] eyes an emerald [Am] sheen
She wrapped herself in [Dm] beauty so [Em] young and so se[Am] rene
He [Am] stood there under the willow and he gave her the yellow bloom
Girl, my heart you've [Dm] capture. Oh, [Em] I would be your [Am] groom
She said she'd wed him [Dm] never not [Em] near, nor far, nor [Am] soon
[Am] See me now, a ray of light in the moon dance
[Am] See me now, I [Dm] cannot [Em] leave this [Am] place
[Am] Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[Am] Don't ask me to [Bm7b5] follow where you [E7] lead
A [Am] young man walked through the forest with an axe sharp as a knife
I'll take the green-eyed [Dm] fairy and [Em] she shall be my [Am] wife
With her, I'll raise my [Dm] children with [Em] her, I'll live my [Am] life
The [Am] maiden wept when she heard him when he said he'd set her free
He took his axe and [Dm] used it to [Em] bring down her ancient [Am] tree
Now your willow's [Dm] fallen now [Em] you belong to [Am] me
[Am] See me now (see me now, see me now) a ray of light in the moon dance
[Am] See me now (see me now, see me now) I [Dm] cannot [Em] leave this [Am] place
[Am] Hear me now (hear me now, hear me now) a ray of light in the moon dance
Don't ask me (don't ask me) to [Bm7b5] follow where you [E7] lead
She [Am] followed him out of the forest and [Dm] collapsed up[Em] on the [Am] earth
Her [Am] feet had walked but a distance from the [Dm] green land [Em] of her [Am] birth
She [Am] faded into a flower that would [Dm] bloom for [Em] one bright [Am] eve
He [Am] could not take from the forest what was [Dm] never [Em] meant to [Am] leave
