There once was a girl in the olden days
Grew weary of men with a roving gaze
Farewell dear lovers, goodbye, goodbye
For I'm falling in love with the man in the sky

The man in the sky he walks in haste
With three bright buckles around his waist
And a great dog near and a little dog night
And a steady gleam in his golden eye

The girl went out on a windy hill
And cried when the night was dark and still
Come down, come down you man in the sky
Or else I am likely to pine and die

The man in the sky didn't stop to talk
He went right on with his evening walk
And the great dog howled and the little dog whined
And the girl grew cold in the rising wynd

She took to her bed
From the light of the sun
But when the sun his course had run
She went to window so high, so high
And waited and watched Orion go by
The man in the sky he walks in haste
With three bright buckles around his waist
And a great dog near and a little dog nigh
And a gleam for her in his golden eye

One night she stood on her windowsill
And stepped right out on the highest hill
And climbed to the place where the planets are
And jumped from there to the nearest star

She rocked in Cassiopeia's chair
And waked the dragon and roused the bear
And the great dog howled and the little dog whined
And the girl grew cold in the rising wynd

She found Orion at last and then
She found he was just like other men
When on his shoulder her head she’d lay
His eye was a million miles away

The great dog howled and the little dog whined
And the girl grew cold in the rising wynd
And the dragon snarled and the lion roared
And the stars flew by in a golden horde