As I went a walking

One morning in spring

I met with some travelers

On an old country lane

One was an old man

The second a maid

The third was a young boy who smiled as he said



"With the wind in the willows

The birds in the sky

There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...

We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine

To share on our journey with all of mankind."



So I asked them to tell me their name and their race

So I could remember each smile on their face

"Our names, they mean nothing...

They change throughout time

So come sit beside us and share in our wine"



"With the wind in the willows

The birds in the sky

There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...

We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine

To share on our journey with all of mankind."



So I sat down beside them

With flowers all around

We et from a mantle

Spread out on the ground

They told me of prophets

And peoples and kings

And all of the one god that knows everything

"We're traveling to Glaston

Over England's green lanes

To hear of men's troubles

To hear of their pains

We travel the wide world

Over land and the sea

To tell all the people

How they can be free..."



"With the wind in the willows

The birds in the sky

There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...

We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine

To share on our journey with all of mankind."



So sadly I left them

On that old country lane

For I knew that I'd never see them again

One was an old man

The second a maid

The third was a young boy who smiled as he said...



"With the wind in the willows

The birds in the sky

There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...

We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine

To share on our journey with all of mankind."