🎶 The Willow Maid

A [Bb]young man walked through the forest with his quiver and hunting bow
He heard a young girl [Eb]singing and [D#]followed the sound be[Bb]low
There he found the [Eb]maiden who [D#]lives in the [Bb]willow
He [Bb]called to her as she listened from a ring of toadstools, red
Come with me my [Eb]maiden come [D#]from thy willow [Bb]bed
She looked at him se[Eb]renely and [D#]only shook her [Bb]head

[Bb]See me now, a ray of light in the moon dance
[Bb]See me now, I [Eb]cannot [D#]leave this [Bb]place
[Bb]Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[Bb]Don't ask me to [Bm7b5]follow where you [E7]lead

A [Bb]young man walked through the forest with a flower and coat of green
His love had hair like [Eb]fire her [D#]eyes an emerald [Bb]sheen
She wrapped herself in [Eb]beauty so [D#]young and so se[Bb]rene
He [Bb]stood there under the willow and he gave her the yellow bloom
Girl, my heart you've [Eb]capture. Oh, [D#]I would be your [Bb]groom
She said she'd wed him [Eb]never not [D#]near, nor far, nor [Bb]soon

[Bb]See me now, a ray of light in the moon dance
[Bb]See me now, I [Eb]cannot [D#]leave this [Bb]place
[Bb]Hear me now, a strain of song in the forest
[Bb]Don't ask me to [Bm7b5]follow where you [E7]lead

A [Bb]young man walked through the forest with an axe sharp as a knife
I'll take the green-eyed [Eb]fairy and [D#]she shall be my [Bb]wife
With her, I'll raise my [Eb]children with [D#]her, I'll live my [Bb]life
The [Bb]maiden wept when she heard him when he said he'd set her free
He took his axe and [Eb]used it to [D#]bring down her ancient [Bb]tree
Now your willow's [Eb]fallen now [D#]you belong to [Bb]me

[Bb]See me now (see me now, see me now) a ray of light in the moon dance
[Bb]See me now (see me now, see me now) I [Eb]cannot [D#]leave this [Bb]place
[Bb]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 [Bb]followed him out of the forest and [Eb]collapsed up[D#]on the [Bb]earth
Her [Bb]feet had walked but a distance from the [Eb]green land [D#]of her [Bb]birth
She [Bb]faded into a flower that would [Eb]bloom for [D#]one bright [Bb]eve
He [Bb]could not take from the forest what was [Eb]never [D#]meant to [Bb]leave⠀