Hunter’s Lullaby

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child [Verse 2] Your father's gone a-hunting In the quicksand and the clay And a woman cannot follow him Although she knows the way [Verse 3] Your father's gone a-hunting Through the silver and the glass Where only greed can enter But spirit, spirit cannot pass [Verse 4] Your father's gone a-hunting For the beast he'll never bind And he leaves a baby sleeping And his blessings all behind [Verse 5] Your father's gone a-hunting And he's lost his lucky charm And he's lost the guardian heart That keeps the hunter from the harm [Verse 6] Your father's gone a-hunting He asked me to say goodbye And he warned me not to stop him I wouldn't, I wouldn't even try