"Flowers Of The Forest" lyrics

"Flowers Of The Forest"

I've heard them lilting
At our ewe-milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light o' day

Now they are mourning
For all time lamenting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wede away

Sad they for the order
That sent them to the border
The English by guile
For once won the day

Now they are mourning
For all time lamenting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wede away

I've heard them lilting
At our ewe-milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light a-day

Now they are mourning
For all time lamenting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wede away


Writer(s): Dp, Richard John (gb1) Thompson, David Swarbrick, Simon Nicol, David Mattacks
album: "Full House" (1970)
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