I was singing like a bird From my porch just to hear My own voice echo in the canyon When she appeared before me Protected from the cold Ringing with the echo in her heart She walked up to the porch And I sang a good bit further Until we both sat there in silence I asked her to my living room A place where we can warm our bones She said, but I am warmed by the singing And I can hear my husbandman Returning from his labor And I have no food on the table As quick as she came earlier She went back to the forest With a trail of roses behind her It snowed for many weeks Until I couldn't see the forest And the blush had faded from the roses And while it dropped I worked a lot To gather wood and keep it hot And clear the porch off for singing It was brighter than the other nights The snow was filled with moonlight There was not a sound in the canyon So I sang softly o my old song Building for a time so long Until my echo traveled through the forest And there she was standing there The moonlight in her auburn hair Completely protected from the cold And all about her in the snow Ruby red and black as coal Roses had blossomed all around her
I was singing like a bird From my porch just to hear My own voice echo in the canyon When she appeared before me Protected from the cold Ringing with the echo in her heart She walked up to the porch And I sang a good bit further Until we both sat there in silence I asked her to my living room A place where we can warm our bones She said, but I am warmed by the singing And I can hear my husbandman Returning from his labor And I have no food on the table As quick as she came earlier She went back to the forest With a trail of roses behind her It snowed for many weeks Until I couldn't see the forest And the blush had faded from the roses And while it dropped I worked a lot To gather wood and keep it hot And clear the porch off for singing It was brighter than the other nights The snow was filled with moonlight There was not a sound in the canyon So I sang softly o my old song Building for a time so long Until my echo traveled through the forest And there she was standing there The moonlight in her auburn hair Completely protected from the cold And all about her in the snow Ruby red and black as coal Roses had blossomed all around her
