Taken away from under the boughs   Far from the sheltering glens   Imprisoned by wizards to sing for a serpent   In the guise of a man      They come with teeth and tusks and talons   They come with horns and hooves and claws   A wailing cry is heard deep within the forest   A bestial host heeds the king stag's call      Watch them come from lands all around   To hear the maiden in white   Sing her songs of sorrow and love   In the hall of the king tonight   She was stolen from under the boughs   Away from the sheltering glens   Imprisoned by wizards to sing for a serpent   In the guise of a man      In a wood untouched by axes   Creatures dwell unseen by men   Songs are sung by a virgin princess   Heard but once and never again      They come with teeth and tusks and talons   They come with horns and hooves and claws   A wailing cry is heard deep within the forest   The bestial host heeds the king stag's call      Watch them come from lands all around   To hear the maiden in white   Sing her songs of sorrow and love   In the hall of the king tonight   Soon his heralds shall sound the alarm   As the faery queen's armies draw near   And the maiden shall cease her lament   As the wicked men cry out in fear      In a wood untouched by axes   Creatures dwelt unseen by men   Songs were sung by a virgin princess   Heard but once and never again