THERE ONCE WAS
A KING
WHO CALLED FOR
THE SPRING
FOR HIS WORLD WAS
STILL COVERED
IN SNOW
BUT THE SPRING
HAD NOT BEEN
FOR HE WAS WICKED
AND MEAN IN HIS
WINTERFIELDS NOTHING
COULD GROW
AND WHEN A
TRAVELLER CALLED
SEEKING HELP AT
THE DOOR
ONLY FOOD AND A
BED FOR THE NIGHT
HE ORDERED HIS SLAVE
TO TURN HER AWAY
THE GIRL WITH
APRIL IN HER EYES
AND ON SHE GOES
THROUGH THE
WINTER'S NIGHT THE
WILD WIND AND
THE SNOW
HI HI ON AND
ON SHE RIDES
SOMEONE HELP THE
GIRL WITH APRIL
IN HER EYES
SHE RODE THROUGH
THE NIGHT
TILL SHE CAME TO
THE LIGHT
OF A HUMBLE MAN'S
HOME IN THE WOODS
HE BROUGHT
HER INSIDE
BY THE FIRELIGHT
SHE DIED
AND HE BURIED
HER GENTLY AND GOOD
OH THE MORNING
WAS BRIGHT
ALL THE WORLD
WAS SNOW WHITE
BUT WHEN HE CAME
TO THE PLACE
WHERE SHE LAID
HIS FIELD
WAS ABLAZE
WITH FLOWERS
ON THE GRAVE
OF THE GIRL WITH
APRIL IN HER EYES
AND ON SHE GOES
THROUGH THE
WINTER'S NIGHT
THE WILD WIND
AND THE SNOW
HI HI ON AND
ON SHE FLOWS
SHE IS GONE
THE GIRL WITH
APRIL IN HER EYES