Among the Leaves

Among the Leaves by umikz

検索すると、これはむしろ「The Keeper」という名前で知られた曲のようです。
森番が狩りをして雌鹿を追い詰めたけど、かわいそうになって逃してやる物語。でしょうか。
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Among the leaves so green o.
が、昔話風の雰囲気を出している気がしますし、「目に青葉」のような爽やかなイメージが浮かびます。
この繰り返しが、昔話風というのは、なんとなくあれに似ている、
「田んぼの中の一軒家」
いま検索してみたら、あれもイギリス民謡だったのですね。知らなかった。

歌詞にはややゆらぎがあるようですが、大筋は同じ感じ。

The keeper did a hunting go
And under his cloak he carried a bow
All for to shoot a merry little doe
Among the leaves so green-o.

CHORUS:
Jackie boy (Master) Sing ye well (Very well)
Hey down (Ho down) Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green-o
To my hey down down (To my ho down down)
Hey down (Ho down) Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green-o

The first doe she did cross the plain,
The keeper fetched her back again.
Where she is now, she may remain,
Among the leaves so green-o. CHORUS

The next doe she did cross the brook.
The keeper fetched her back with his hook.
Where she is now you may go and look
Among the leaves so green-o. CHORUS

The keeper did a hunting go.
In the woods he caught a doe.
She looked so sad that he let her go.
Among the leaves so green-o.
(https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=50362)