Name: Greenwood Woman
Duration: 4 min 41 s
Channel: words by Kathryn Hinds, music by Arthur Hinds
Description: "Greenwood Woman" is a song by Arthur Hinds. Love, longing, and the changing seasons, with a flamenco flair

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Love, longing, and the changing seasons, with a flamenco flair

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Arthur Hinds

Singer Poet Teacher Pagan Nerd

I've been a singer, guitarist, percussionist, and songwriter for Celtic-American folk rock band Emerald Rose since 1996; my major instrument for the band is the bodhran, or traditional Irish frame drum. Being a singer-songwriter, however, has been part of my musical life since I was a teenager, and my solo endeavors return to this root. Many of my songs take their inspiration from the mystical path, Earth-centered spirituality, and Celtic mythology. I also continue to sing songs from the Celtic and American folk traditions. In addition, I'm a storyteller, stage magician, and former actor and dancer, so I have many performance skills to draw on.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic General

Charts

Peak #121

Peak in subgenre #18

Author

words by Kathryn Hinds, music by Arthur Hinds

Rights

2008 Kathryn Hinds and Arthur Hinds

Uploaded

May 28, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 6.4 MB • 192 kbps • 4:41

Story behind the song

The lyrics for this song were originally written for Kathryn's (yet-to-be-published) novel The Healer's Choice; they ended up not fitting into the story, but will probably be included in its sequel.

Lyrics

Greenwood Woman
Lyrics by Kathryn Hinds

She strolled the greenwood, leaves in her hair.
I beckoned to her, my bower to share.
Nothing so lovely, nothing so fair
As the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.

Love in her eyes, but grief in her air,
She promised to stay till the trees all were bare.
Nothing so precious, nothing so rare
As the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.

We dwelt the summer without any care,
And love never favored a happier pair.
Nothing so lovely, nothing so fair
As the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.

But leaves turned golden; branches grew spare.
When the green was gone, away she would fare.
Nothing so precious, nothing so rare
As the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.

Now blessed be the Watchers, who answered my prayer
With evergreen holly to conquer despair.
Nothing so lovely, nothing so fair
As the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.
With evergreen holly to conquer despair
And the greenwood woman with leaves in her hair.

copyright 2008 Kathryn Hinds

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