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The Elf Knight

from North Branch River by Fern Maddie

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lyrics

The elfin knight stands on yon hill
And he blows his horn both loud and shrill
And the wind has blown,
the wind has blown it all away

If I had that horn to play my fill
And could with the lad on that wild hill
Oh the wind would blow,
the wind would blow it all away

So he said, you can have your fill
If you do one thing for me and do it well
And the wind will blow…

You must make me the finest shirt
Without a seam or a stitch of your work
And the wind will blow…

You must wash it in yonder well
Where the water’s never flowed nor fell
And the wind will blow…

You must dry it upon a tree
Without help of the sun or a warming breeze
And the wind will blow…

When you’ve done just as I’ve said,
You can come and lay beside my bed
And the wind will blow,
the wind will blow it all away.

I said, I’ll do just as you please
If you could do just one little thing for me
And the wind will blow,
the wind will blow it all away.

Here I sit upon fertile land
and you think you can plow it without raising your hand
but the wind will blow..

Now you plant it with salt and stone
And you sit and you wait for your crop to grow
But the wind will blow…

Now you store what you’ve reaped in the sea
And you say you can bring it dry to me
But the wind has blown,
the wind has blown it all away

If you can do just what you’ve said
You can come and lay beside my bed
But the wind has blown,
the wind has blown it all away

The wind has blown,
the wind has blown it all away..

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from North Branch River, released March 20, 2020

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Fern Maddie Vermont

fern maddie is an old-time balladeer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. she lives in the woods of northern vermont (n'dakinna) where she makes music and tends goats.

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