"My own true love is a raven haired girl Whose lives way back down the hollow I take her by her lily white hair And into the woods we wonder" Does it make any sense to you that the raven haired girl in the first verse suddenly develops lily white hair in the third? The lyric clearly is "lily white hand". Never mind he's dragging her by the hair into the woods. The fourth verse has them "wonder" into the wood, rather "wander" would be more correct.more »
"My own true love is a raven haired girl Whose lives way back down the hollow I take her by her lily white hair" Does it make any sense to you that a raven-haired girl would have lily white hair in just the next verse? The lyric clearly is "lily white hand", something a raven haired girl is more likely to possess. Dragging the poor girl by the hair....more »