[00:16.84]A boy once roamed into the woods,[00:21.10]His cheek was smooth and bright,[00:24.87]He lost his way in woods of fay[00:29.25]And was not home by night.[00:33.02]The village folk turned out and searched[00:37.10]From dawn till day was sped,[00:40.65]But since they found no trace of him[00:45.00]They gave him up as dead.[00:48.74]Now after seven years had passed[00:52.85]One morning it befell[00:56.87]That he was seen beyond the green[01:00.63]And heading towards the well.[01:04.61]They asked him who he was and stared,[01:08.70]His face seemed strange and dim.[01:12.33]His parents both were gone and no[01:16.52]One else remembered him.[01:20.44]"A while ago I lost the path[01:24.25]And walked in woods of fay,[01:28.14]I came in time to feast with them,[01:31.88]But soon was sent away.[01:35.86]The people there are white as snow[01:39.79]And they have golden locks,[01:43.46]These are their words for sun and moon,[01:47.55]For valleys, hills, and brooks."[01:51.26]They laughed: "This early in the day[01:54.96]He can't be full of wine!"[01:58.86]They said that he was mad and made[02:02.89]Him keeper of their kine.[02:06.55]So every day he fared afield[02:10.36]And sat upon a stone,[02:14.26]And late into the night he sang,[02:18.24]They left him quite alone.[02:22.32]And only children heard his song[02:26.25]And often sat beside,[02:30.03]They sang it far into the years,[02:35.15]Long after he had died.