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Artist: Richard Hawley
Canonical path: /richard-hawley/the-wood-collier-s-grave
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The Wood Collier's Grave
Read The Wood Collier's Grave lyrics by Richard Hawley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Wood Collier's Grave
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Down in the greenwood there was a lass
Stole my heart along the path
Then came the woodman with his axe
Cut the trees down to the grass.
No more greenwood, no more lass
She broke my heart and took the past.
Broke my heart and took the past.
When it's my time to leave this place,
Plant many a tree deep around my grave,
The birds will fly through to the highest boughs
And spread the seeds of these mighty towers.
Will the greenwood bring her back?
She took my heart and broke my past.
Took my heart and broke the past.
Took my heart and broke my past.
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Richard Hawley performs "The Wood Collier's Grave", and this lyric page sits inside the Richard Hawley catalog on LyroVerse.
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