Lay of the Sunflower

Hill by dale now must I go
Up above yon garden wall
I will make my way alone
To the forest of Fennario

If I be not back by fall
Grows above the garden wall
She cried out, "Turn my love and go
Hill by dale now must I go
Hill by dale now must I go
Where she could go but not turn back

I bid you tend your prayers to keep
Fare you well and I would not weep
Angels sing their souls to sleep
Hardwood timber that grows so low
I bid you tend your prayers to keep

I will not return in winter
He came back that fated day
To the forest of Fennario
Bleeds my ladys blood away
I bid you tend your prayers to keep

In the forest of Fennario
It haste to follow in her track
Fare you well and I would not weep
And still he came not back again
To find his lady gone away
Oh, selfsame serpent sting my heel
While fast her breath did fade away

Seek me when this small sunflower

To the forest of Fennario
Blue-eyed hound at her side the did bay
To the forest of Fennario
Nine month blew with sleeted rain
Summoned she the hound to go
Do you ask that you might own
Hill by dale now must I go
Fare you well and I would not weep
I bid you tend your prayers to keep
Fare you well and I would not weep
To seek him in Fennario
I shall not turn, I shall not yield
Tell me what you need to live, love
Take my blue-eyed hound to guard you

Stands the sunflower, straight and tall
Hill by dale now must I go

I would not have you see me so"
Beside the blue-eyed hound to lay

Four winds grace their breath to keep