Adapted from the poem by Sophie Jewett
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[Verse 1]
The leaves talked in the twilight, dear;
Hearken the tale they told:
How in some far-off place and year,
Before the world grew old,

[instrumental pause]

[Verse 2]
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
Who sheltered at the heart of me
Because the north wind stirred;

[Instrumental]

[chorus - dreamy]
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird

[instrumental- virtuoso aztec flute, tambourine, clear sound, high quality]

[Verse 3]
How, when the chiding gale was still,
When peace fell soft on fear,
You stayed one golden hour to fill
My dream with singing, dear.

[Instrumental]

[Verse 4]
Tonight the self-same songs are sung
The first green forest heard;
My heart and the gray world grow young—
To shelter you—
my bird.

[Instrumental]

[final chorus - dreamy]
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird

[instrumental outro - aztec flute, clear sound, high quality]


[very faint]
(I was a dreaming forest tree)
(You were a wild, sweet bird)


[end]