[Verse 1]

The last time the moon was full

Showed its darker side

The mundane had the magic annulled

Making vinegar out of wine

The peddler wheeled his boxes

A long way to the fair

To retrieve his green-eyed daughter

Knowing she had followed me there

[Refrain]

Ah, ah, ah

[Verse 2]

The last time the moon was full

The sun reneged its shine

As if to prove who owns the pull

Of tide and sacrifice

But I loved his green-eyed daughter

And I brought her to that dance

What chance had I, a pauper

But that moon's enchanted trance?

[Refrain]

Ah, ah, ah

[Verse 3]

The last time the moon was full

Reaped its bitter fruit

With his box of golden baubles

And pencil stubs as proof

The peddler lured the revelers

Back to their world of cares

With his calculated laughter

And his "Johnny's so long at the fair"

[Refrain]

Ah, ah, ah

[Verse 4]

The last time the moon was full

Blasphemed its holy three

Emasculating maypoles

With material force and thieves

And I watched his green-eyed daughter

As he placed her in his cart

Parading her as princess

To eclipse her gypsy heart

[Refrain]

Ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah