From the album best of donovan ii
Oh, I dwelt in the north in the green country, Far-a-mere, far from here; And dream of the girl with the sunshine eyes And I take to my rest at the end of day, Whilst o'erhead the pretty stars do play.
About everything that I've known and felt; And it makes the sadness melt. Then I wake up in the funny old kind of day, Watching the children sing and play In the garden and the roadway. Up comes a little one singin' a song About a friend she knows called Rosie. Off to the green wood you must go, To bring (h)er a one fine posie. All of a sudden the night is empty, You're sad as a butterfly.
Oh I dwelt in the north in the green country, And I dwelt with my pride and my songs and things And I dream of the girl with the sunshine eyes Sundaily, wherever she may be.
About everything that I've known and felt; And it makes the sadness melt. Then I wake up in the funny old kind of day, Watching the little ones sing and play In the garden and the roadway. Up comes a little one singin' a song About a friend she knows called Rosie. Off to the green wood you must go, to bring (h)er a one fine posie. All of a sudden the night is empty, you're sad as a butterfly.
Oh, I dwelt in the north in the green country, And I dream of the girl with the sunshine eyes Sundaily, wherever she may be.
About everything that I've known and felt, And it makes the sadness melt.