The wood and the bough The bounty it breeds The oak and the roots The fruit and the seeds The seed of the tree The bough that will break The question that’s asked The vow it will take One fruit has to go Only one can remain Says the Sun to the tree In this lonely refrain Send one on to Heaven And one down below That’s how it will be That’s how it must go But how can it be The cruelest of cruel This tree is an Oak This tree is no fool If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed Let the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’s bounty be cast If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed And the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’s bounty be cast If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed And the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’ s bounty be cast The wood and the bough The bounty it breeds The oak and the roots The fruit and the seeds The seed of the tree The bough that will break The question that’s asked The vow it will take One fruit has to go Only one can remain Says the Sun to the tree In this lonely refrain Send one on to Heaven And one down below That’s how it will be That’s how it must go But how can it be The cruelest of cruel This tree is an Oak This tree is no fool If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed Let the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’s bounty be cast If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed And the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’s bounty be cast If you have to take one Then let it be me Let the fruit be the seed And the tree be the tree Let the light of the next Be the Soul of the last Let the fruit bear its own Let it’ s bounty be cast
