Fm A# C# D# Fm Verse: Fm G# There once was a king who called for the spring A#m Fm For his world was still covered with snow Fm G# But the spring had not been for he was wicked and mean A#m C7 In his winter fields nothing would grow C# G# And when a traveller called, seeking help at the door C# C7 Only food and a bed for a night Fm A#m He ordered his slave to turn her away Fm D# Fm A# C# D# Fm A# C# D# Fm The girl with April in her eyes Chorus: Fm Cm C# Fm Ah, autumn does she go G# D# C# Through the winterʼs night, the wild wind and the snow Fm Cm C# Fm High, autumn does she rise G# D# C# Fm A# C# D# Fm Someone help the girl with April in her eyes Verse: She rode through the night till she came to the light Of a humble manʼs 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 Chorus.
