Ferns Lyrics

I went down to the forest all for to take a slumber

The canopy was thinning and the sky was turning grey

But soon as I drew near all I saw was fresh cut lumber

The forest that I loved so dear had up and gone away

So I went to find my darling, she was waiting by the water

Her skin smooth as the pebbles that she'd worn down with her hair

She knew what I had come for and I quelled her mighty shiver

She drowned me in the river and she took my body there

Lay me down in the shady grove where the nesting starlings go

I'll make no sound, but I'll take ample care that the wild ferns may grow

As the ground hides my face from the world you won't see my subtle smile

But don't you fear, you will come to rejoin me in just a little while

You will come to rejoin me in just a little while

Come to me, to the place where a sapling will one day be a tree

In the pines you'll wrap yourself within my branches and I'll know that you're still mine

Take some care, though thorned, the blackberry blossom just longs to feel the air

But don't you fear, if the wild fern remains then you will know that I'm still there

If the wild fern remains then you will know that I'm still there

Hold my hand in the spot where my digits dried up and joined the sand

Breathe in deep and smell the sharp, sweet scent of tree sap where the elder cedars stand

Columbine, though you will think your ears deceive you, you will hear a marching band

So sing with me and as wild ferns we will return and we will live on through the land

As wild ferns we will return and we will live on through the land

As wild ferns we will return and we will live on through the land

As wild ferns we will return and we will live on through the land