Now the green leaves grow
Tomorrow I must go
Today I shelter here and none may know

In flowers and in garlands
I am clothed today
Tomorrow without shoe and staff I go away

This must be my farewell
I will not come again
Nor shall I leave a footprint light as snow or rain

Friends I must forget
O think of me and say
A pater noster for me at the end of day

Amen, amen
Your words will stand and
Guard around me where I sleep

Amen amen amen
Your words will stand and keep
Their watch and gaurd around me
Where I sleep