Folk Tale

Em
A young man fell in love with truth
D
And searching the wide world for her
Em
He found her in a small house
D
In a clearing in the forest
Em
She was old and she was stooped
D
He pledged himself to her
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To chop wood and to carry water


[Verse 2]
Em
To collect the root the stem the leaf
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And the flowering top and seed
Em
Of every plant she’d need
D
To do her work


[Chorus]
       G                           D
And he told her she was  young and beautiful
   G                           D
He told her she was  young and beautiful.”


[Verse 3]
Em
Years went by until one day
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The young man woke up longing for a child
Em
He went to the old woman
D                                  Em
And he asked to be released from his oath to her
D                          Em      D
That he might return to the world


[Chorus]
Em                      D
“Certainly”, she said,
Em
“On one condition”
G               D
“You must tell them that I’m young and beautiful.”
Em                          G               D
“You must tell them that I’m young and beautiful.”