Oh when I was a young boy
And drove my mother wild.
I met a maiden in the woods

And she said, Child,

Look deep into my green eyes

And at my autumn hair.
When your a man you'll never see
A girl quite as fair.


Remember me, oh, remember me
Remember for the rest of your life


Her eyes were green as grassy pools
Looking right at me.

Her hair was red and grown with leaves
Just like an autumn tree.


She moved her tiny hands
And she made a little turn.
She swayed in the wind

Just like a graceful fern.

Remember me, oh, remember me

Remember for the rest of your life

I swore as she vanished

That when I was full grown.
I'd have a girl just like her
To be my very own.


And now I am a man
And I'd marry if I could

But I can't lose the memory
Of the girl in the wood.


I wished a hundred times
That she'd never looked at me.
With the first wild beauty

That only you can't see.

For a man cannot find it

When he's looking for a wife.
And he'll end up in bachelorhood
The rest of his life.


Remember me, oh, remember me
Remember for the rest of your life

Remember for the rest of your life
Remember for the rest of your life
Remember for the rest of your life