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
Your father's gone a-hunting
In the quicksand and the clay

And a woman cannot follow him
Although she knows the way


Your father's gone a-hunting
Through the silver and the glass
Where only greed can enter

But spirit, spirit cannot pass

Your father's gone a-hunting

For the beast we'll never cannot bind
And he leaves a baby sleeping
And his blessings all behind


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


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