'Twas a morning fair when I walked out Down by Greenwood meadows. Fairies danced in the misty dew, The sun it chased the shadows. By Spencil Hill I chanced to spy, A maid so quite adoring So sweetly she sang Avondale It set my hearth a-roving. Chorus: Love it fell out of the blue And I went tumbling after. I only want to be with you For now and ever after. Her hair was black as a ravens wing, Her eyes were deep blue oceans Skin was purest lily white She set my heart a roving. Boldly then she took my hand My love she whispered gently, Come follow me to Avondale Where you and I shall marry Chorus Like the morning mist she danced her way Down through Greenwood valley. And in the sky the sun she rose And chased the nightly shadows. I stopped to pick a rose so red To give to my true loved one, But when I looked the mist was gone And so was my lover.