This song was written by Kirsty Hawkshaw and Rebecca Rainsford for the album 'Listen to the Hush' by the felt dolls. It was mixed by Glen Nicholls and mastered by Hue Jah Fink.

Lyrics

there was once a girl
who planted a seed
in a beautiful meadow
she was young and so free
then one day she did leave
to follow her dreams
and she left her first love
to conquer her fears

and the girl she did travel
all over the world
as the roots of that sapling
began to take hold
and the girl she would sing
for sunrise and sunset
lost love don't forget me
how her heart would lament

rowan rowan
i long for thee
i have travelled so far from my soul
rowan rowan
i long to just be
in your shade how i long to recall

as she travelled strange lands
as the hour glass lost sand
she would search for a saviour
to understand
but the empty spaces
grew as wide as her heart
and no prince could live up to
that love she did start

rowan rowan
i long for thee
i have travelled so far from my soul
rowan rowan i long to just be
in your shade how i long to recall

finally she returned
but her memories had flown
and she could not remember
that tree she had sown
for the land it had changed
and that tree stood amidst
an orchard of other trees
that had grown beside it
suddenly a whisper
suddenly a breeze
through those tangled branches
to reveal lost melodies
and that girl stood silent
on the side of that hill
she then lay her head down slowly
and forever was still

words by Kirsty Hawkshaw
music by Kirsty Hawkshaw and Rebecca Rainsford
harp Rebecca Rainsford
metallophone Kirsty Hawkshaw