A hunter spied a noble fox
Her fur as red as red could be
Sat nobly atop some rocks
He drew his bowstring, then did see
Into a lady she transformed
Her hair as red as red could be
She spoke to him, and sternly warned,
"Because you would have shot me dead,
Into a lady I transformed
"I'll put a curse on you," she said,
"A curse you well deserve to bear
Because you would have shot me dead
"To wander endlessly seems fair,
And never rest nor reach your goal
A curse you well deserve to bear"
Away from him his life she stole
For how can one go on that way
And never rest nor reach your goal?
"I did not shoot, that's all I'll say.
This curse I don't deserve to bear
For how can one go on that way?
"I didn't know!" "You didn't care!"
"A hunter did what hunters do
This curse I don't deserve to bear!"
So who was right, and what was true?
What trouble came to pass because
A hunter did what hunters do
A lady or a fox there was
Sat nobly atop some rocks
What trouble came to pass because
A hunter spied a noble fox
Her fur as red as red could be
Sat nobly atop some rocks