Traditional (English Ballad) - Orfeo lyrics

[Verse 1] There was a king lived in the east Green the wood grows early He loved a lady in the west Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 2] The king of Fairy with his dark Green the wood grows early As pierced the lady to the heart Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 3] The king is to the wildwood gone Green the wood grows early 'Til he with hair is overgrown Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 4] When he had sat for seven years Green the wood grows early A company to him drew near Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 5] Some did ride and some did run Green the wood grows early He spied his lady, them among Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 6] And after them the king has gone Green the wood grows early But when he came, 'twas a grey stone Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 7] Then he sat em' down, for woe Green the wood grows early And took out his pipes to play Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 8] The king did enter in the hall Green the wood grows early And there he stood among them all Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 9] And first he played the notes of noy Green the wood grow early And then he played the notes of joy Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 10] And then he played a merry reel Green the wood grows early That might have made a sick heart heal Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 11] The king of Fairy then did say Green the wood grows early "What shall we give thee for that play" Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 12] "For my play I will thee tell" Green the wood grows early "I'll have M'Lady Isabelle" Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 13] "You take your lady and go home" Green the wood grows early "And you'll be king o'er all your own" Where the heart runs yearly [Verse 14] He took his lady and went home Green the wood grows early And he was king o'er all his own Where the heart runs yearly