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Artist: Steeleye Span
Canonical path: /steeleye-span/the-flowers-of-the-forest
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Flowers Of The Forest
Read The Flowers Of The Forest lyrics by Steeleye Span on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Flowers Of The Forest
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I've heard them lilting
At are ewe milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light a-day
Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wean away
Sad they for the order
That sent them to the border
The English by guile
For once won the day
Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wean away
I've heard them lilting
At are you milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light a-day
Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest
Are all wean away
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Steeleye Span performs "The Flowers Of The Forest", and this lyric page sits inside the Steeleye Span catalog on LyroVerse.
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