The girl with April in her eyes

 

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1. There once was a King, who called for the Spring, 

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    for his world was still covered in snow.

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    But the Spring had not been, for he was wicked and mean,

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    in his winter-fields nothing would grow.

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    And when a traveller called seeking help at the court,

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    only food and a bed for the night, he ordered his slave to turn her away,

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    the girl with April in her    e    y     e     s,          e    y   e   s.

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    Oh, oh, on and on she goes,

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    through the winter's night, the wild wind and the snow.

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   Ai, ai, on and on she rides, someone help the girl with April in her eyes.

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2. She walked through the night till she came to the light,

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    of a humble man's home in the woods.

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    He brought her inside, by the firelight she died,

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    and he buried her gently and good.

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    Oh the morning was bright, all the world was snow-white,

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    but when he came to the place where she lay.

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    His field was ablaze with flowers on the grave,

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    of the girl with April in her      e    y     e     s,           e    y    e   s.

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    Oh, oh, oh, on and on she goes,

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    through the winter's night, the wild wind and the snow.

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    Ai, ai, on and on she flies, she is gone, the girl with April in her eyes,

 

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    e     y     e     s,           e    y    e   s.              (Chris de Burgh)