'Twas a morning fair when I walked out   down by Greenwood meadows.   Fairies danced in the misty dew,   the sun it chased the shadows.      By Spencil Hill I chanced to spy,   a maid so quite adoring   so sweetly she sang Avondale   it set my hearth a-roving.      Chorus:   Love it fell out of the blue   and I went tumbling after.   I only want to be with you   for now and ever after.      Her hair was black as a ravens wing,   her eyes were deep blue oceans   Skin was purest lily white   she set my heart a roving.      Boldly then she took my hand   my love she whispered gently,   come follow me to Avondale   where you and I shall marry      Chorus      Like the morning mist she danced her way   down through Greenwood valley.   And in the sky the sun she rose   and chased the nightly shadows.      I stopped to pick a rose so red   to give to my true loved one,   but when I looked the mist was gone   and so was my lover.