Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
We spent lover's hours
And if you pass by you'll know we lay there
Look how we crushed all the flowers
The insects buzzed and the nightingales sang
High above the forest on a soft south wind
Point and laugh if you come walking past
I don't care at all how red her mouth is

Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
Crushing the grass and the sweet herbs
There in the roses I laid my head down
See where the petals are disturbed
And if you accuse her of lying there with me
This I know for sure she will never be ashamed:
She was the one, the one and only woman
I ever came to wish would whisper my name

Down in the greenwood, under the lime tree
The lily embraces the ivy
And if you pass by, stop look and marvel
At how she has grown to survive him
For she stayed here with me for just a year
And bound her hair with gold
Oh my little white dove...
One fine day she turned into a hawk
And flew off to the sun to find a new love

Up in the blue sky ever the wind flies
Searching the clouds of his dreamland
The dream is for beauty but he'll
Never catch her...
She'll always slip through his hands
And thus we live forever and the dream
Just like the wind and clouds will escape us...
And thus we live forever and the world
Just like the wind and clouds will escape us