I Once Knew A MaidenI once knew a maiden with sun-golden hair,With starlight for eyes and young skin so fair,A radiant smile that she gave with no care,That charming young maiden with sun-golden hair,I once knew a boy with a gleam in his eye,T'was a youth filled with mischief who made small girls cry,But after he grew those same girls would then sigh,That rascal young boy with the gleam in his eye,I once knew a woman with clever young hands,The best food you'll find would come out of her pans,The finest of seamstresses in all the lands, That wonderful woman with clever young hands,I once knew an elder with skin like a tree,Yet despite h