The Girl in the Wood lyrics

Remember me, remember me,

(Remember for the rest of your life).

Oh when I was a young boy

And drove my mother wild,

I met a maiden in the woods

And she said "Child,"

"Look deep into my green eyes

And at my autumn hair.

When you're a man you'll never see a girl

Quite as fair."

Remember me, oh, remember me,

(Remember for the rest of your life).

Her eyes were green as grassy pools

Lookin right at me,

Her hair was red and grown with leaves

Just like an autumn tree.

She moved her tiny hands

And she made a little turn.

She swayed in the wind

Just like a graceful fern.

I swore as she vanished

That when I was full grown,

I'd have a girl just like her

To be my very own.

And now I am a man

And I'd marry if I could.

But I can't lose the memory

Of the girl in the wood.

Remember me, oh, remember me,

Remember for the rest of your life.

I wished a hundred times

That she'd never looked at me

With the first wild beauty,

That only youth can see.

For man cannot find it,

When he's lookin' for a wife.

And he'll end up in bachelorhood

The rest of his life.

Remember me, oh, remember me,

Remember for the rest of your life.

Remember me, oh, remember me,

Remember for the rest of your life.