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WHO rides there so late through the night dark and drear	B
The father it is with his infant so dear	B
He holdeth the boy tightly clasp'd in his arm	C
He holdeth him safely he keepeth him warm	D
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My son wherefore seek'st thou thy face thus to hide	E
Look father the Erl King is close by our side	E
Dost see not the Erl King with crown and with train	F
My son 'tis the mist rising over the plain	F
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Oh come thou dear infant oh come thou with me	G
Full many a game I will play there with thee	G
On my strand lovely flowers their blossoms unfold	H
My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold	H
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My father my father and dost thou not hear	B
The words that the Erl King now breathes in mine ear	B
Be calm dearest child 'tis thy fancy deceives	I
'Tis the sad wind that sighs through the withering leaves	I
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Wilt go then dear infant wilt go with me there	B
My daughters shall tend thee with sisterly care	B
My daughters by night their glad festival keep	J
They'll dance thee and rock thee and sing thee to sleep	J
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My father my father and dost thou not see	I
How the Erl King his daughters has brought here for me	I
My darling my darling I see it aright	H
'Tis the aged grey willows deceiving thy sight	H
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I love thee I'm charm'd by thy beauty dear boy	K
And if thou'rt unwilling then force I'll employ	K
My father my father he seizes me fast	H
Full sorely the Erl King has hurt me at last	H
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The father now gallops with terror half wild	H
He grasps in his arms the poor shuddering child	H
He reaches his courtyard with toil and with dread	H
The child in his arms finds he motionless dead	H
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from a translation by	L
Edwin Zeydel	K
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Who rides so late where winds blow wild	H
It is the father grasping his child	H
He holds the boy embraced in his arm	C
He clasps him snugly he keeps him warm	D
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My son why cover your face in such fear	B
O don't you see the ErlKing near	B
The ErlKing with his crown and train	F
My son the mist is on the plain	F
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Sweet lad o come and join me do	H
Such pretty games I'll play with you	H
On the shore gay flowers their colors unfold	H
My mother has made you a garment of gold	H
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My father my father o can you not hear	B
The promise the ErlKing breathes in my ear	B
Be calm stay calm my child lie low	K
In withered leaves the night winds blow	K
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Will you sweet lad come along with me	I
My daughters shall care for you tenderly	I
In the night my daughters their revelry keep	J
They'll rock you and dance you and sing you to sleep	J
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My father my father o can you not trace	I
The ErlKing's daughters in that gloomy place	I
My son my son I see it clear	B
How grey the ancient willows appear	B
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I love you your comeliness charms me my boy	K
And if you're not willing then force I'll employ	K
Now father o father he's seizing my arm	C
The ErlKing has done me the cruelest harm	C
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The father shudders his ride is wild	H
In his arms he's holding the shivering child	H
He reaches home with toil and dread	H
In his arms the child was dead	H

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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