Ballads

Come to the Greenwood Tree

Come to the greenwood tree,

Come where the dark woods be,

Dearest, O come with me!

Let us rove--O my love--O my love!

Come--'tis the moonlight hour,

Dew is on leaf and flower,

Come to the linden bower,--

Let us rove--O my love--O my love!

Dark is the wood, and wide

Dangers, they say, betide;

But, at my Albert's side,

Nought I fear, O my love--O my love!

Welcome the greenwood tree,

Welcome the forest free,

Dearest, with thee, with thee,

Nought I fear, O my love--O my love!