Standard (EADGBE)

There once was a king who called for the spring

 For his world was still covered with snow

 But the spring had not been for he was wicked and mean

 In his winter fields nothing would grow

 And when a traveller called, seeking help at the door

 Only food and a bed for a night

 He ordered his slave to turn her away

 The girl with April in her eyes

Chorus

Ah, autumn does she go

 Through the winter's night, the wild wind and the snow

High, autumn does she rise

 Someone help the girl with April in her eyes

2nd verse :

She rode through the night till she came to the light

Of a humble man's home in the wood

He brought her inside, by the firelight she died

And he buried her gently and good

Oh, the morning was bright, all the world snow white

But when he came to the place where she lay

His field was ablaze with flowers on the grave

Of the girl with April in her eyes

Repeat chorus: