Gardener's daughter stopped me on my way on the day I was to wed   "It is you who I wish to share my body with," she said   "We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed   And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon and star on his head"      Her silver hair flowed in the air, laying waves across the sun   Her hands were like the white sands and her eyes had diamonds on   We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood   And we walked till we came to where the holy magnolia stood      There we laid cool in the shade singing songs and making love   With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above   The time was late, my wedding wouldn't wait, I was sad but I had to go   So while she was asleep I kissed her cheek for cheerio      The wedding took place and people came from many miles around   There was plenty merriment, cider and wine abound   But out of all that I recall, I remembered the girl I met   'Cause she had given me something that my heart could not forget      A year had passed and everything was just as it was a year before   Oh, as it was a year before   Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door   And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed   I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star, oh, on his head      As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe   They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon and star before   And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread   "I'll tell you everything I've learned and love is all", he said