All day long a man’s sisters pestered him without an end
“In the forest lies a garden which is tended to by a stranger
You will go there and pick us flowers
Hiding under cover of the darkness”
And the man made a choice
In the garden, I will go
For these women that I see all day
Will never give any rest!
only one hour past
He took a knife and then left
To a stranger's garden in the dead of night.
To pick flowers
[Chorus:]
Hurry brother quick, to the woods you go
Take the gardens blooms, and then bring them home
In the strangers land, Brother don’t delay
To us you will give the flowers you have stole
An hour past, another went
To the house no one came
Unease crept upon the sisters minds
How much longer will brother take
The light of dawn lit the house
brother was still missing
But now the hens outside began to fuss
And now feet were heard at the door
[Chorus]
With a grin from ear to ear
The gardener came inside
And he left a wreath of flowers behind and disappeared
And said no words
All the sisters screamed out loud
Looking at the flowers
For among the wreath the head of their brother laid