[00:16.84]A boy once roamed into the woods,
[00:21.10]His cheek was smooth and bright,
[00:24.87]He lost his way in woods of fay
[00:29.25]And was not home by night.
[00:33.02]The village folk turned out and searched
[00:37.10]From dawn till day was sped,
[00:40.65]But since they found no trace of him
[00:45.00]They gave him up as dead.
[00:48.74]Now after seven years had passed
[00:52.85]One morning it befell
[00:56.87]That he was seen beyond the green
[01:00.63]And heading towards the well.
[01:04.61]They asked him who he was and stared,
[01:08.70]His face seemed strange and dim.
[01:12.33]His parents both were gone and no
[01:16.52]One else remembered him.
[01:20.44]"A while ago I lost the path
[01:24.25]And walked in woods of fay,
[01:28.14]I came in time to feast with them,
[01:31.88]But soon was sent away.
[01:35.86]The people there are white as snow
[01:39.79]And they have golden locks,
[01:43.46]These are their words for sun and moon,
[01:47.55]For valleys, hills, and brooks."
[01:51.26]They laughed: "This early in the day
[01:54.96]He can't be full of wine!"
[01:58.86]They said that he was mad and made
[02:02.89]Him keeper of their kine.
[02:06.55]So every day he fared afield
[02:10.36]And sat upon a stone,
[02:14.26]And late into the night he sang,
[02:18.24]They left him quite alone.
[02:22.32]And only children heard his song
[02:26.25]And often sat beside,
[02:30.03]They sang it far into the years,
[02:35.15]Long after he had died.