The Girl In The Wood 1951

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Jun 2002

Oh, when I was a young boy
and drove my Mother wild,
I met a maiden in the woods
and she said: "Child,
look deep into my green eyes
and at my autumn hair,
when you're a man,
you''ll never see a girl quite as fair."

"Remember me, remember me
remember for the rest of your life."

Her eyes were green as grassy pools
looking right at me,
her hair was red and grown with leaves
just like an autumn tree.
She mov'd her tiny hands
and she made a little turn,
she swayed in the wind
just like a graceful fern.

"Remember me, remember me
remember for the rest of your life."

I swore as she vanished
that when I was full grown,
I'd have a girl just like her
to be my very own.
And now I am a man
and I'd marry if I could,
but I can't lose the mem'ry
of the girl in the wood.

"Remember me, remember me
remember for the rest of your life."

I've wished a hundred times
that she'd never looked at me,
with the first wild beauty
that only youth can see.
For a man cannot find it
when he's looking for a wife,
and he'll end up in bach'lorhood
the rest of his life.

"Remember me, remember me
remember for the rest of your life."

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
bassoon
pizz str
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The Girl In The Wood 1951
Music by Terry Gilkyson
Lyrics by Neal Stuart
copyright MCMLI by American Music Inc., Hollywood, U.S.A.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 28 June 2002 at 14.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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