Sweet Dancer

The girl goes dancing thereOn the leaf-sown, new-mown, smoothGrass plot of the gardenEscaped from her bitter youthEscaped out of her crowdOr out of her black cloud.Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancerAh, dancer, ah, sweet dancer.If strange men come from the houseTo lead her away, please, do not sayShe's crazyLead them gently astrayLet her finish her danceFinish her dance.Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancerAh, dancer, ah, sweet dancer.She sings as the moon sings I am I, I am I The greater grows my light The further shall I fly I hear the wind a-blow I hear the grass a-grow And all that I know I know, I know.The girl goes dancing there On the leaf-sown, new-mown, smooth grass of the garden Let her finish the dance Let her finish the dance Finish the dance.Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancerAh, dancer, ah, sweet dancer.Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancerAh, dancer, ah, sweet dancer.