Jack-In-The-Green lyrics
Song information
Artist: Jethro Tull Album: Live: Bursting Out
Lyrics
Have you seen jack-in-the-green? With his long tail hanging down Quietly he sits under every tree --- In the folds of his velvet gown He drinks from the empty acorn cup The dew that dawn sweetly bestows And taps his cane upon the ground --- Signals the snowdrops it's time to grow It's no fun being jack-in-the-green --- No place to dance, no time for song He wears the colours of the summer soldier --- Carries the green flag all the winter long
Jack, do you never sleep --- Does the green still run deep in your heart? Or will these changing times Motorways, powerlines Keep us apart? Well, I don't think so --- I saw some grass growing through the pavements today
The rowan, the oak and the holly tree Are the charges left for you to groom Each blade of grass whispers jack-in-the-green Oh jack, please help me through my winter's night And we are the berries on the holly tree Oh, the mistlethrush is coming Jack, put out the light
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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