Lyrics by Frank DiGiacomo with assistance from Julian R. Pace.

Mother Hulda calls the creatures of the wood to her and joins them in a rollicking, joyous dance.

LYRICS
Mother Hulda:
     Gnome and troll, come listen to my call, I’ve berries, nuts and milk
     enough to feed you all!
     Hei! Hei!
     Troll and gnome, come running now to me, come out, come out from
     secret home in cave and tree!
     Hei! Hei!
     High above the forest shade, cherries ripen in the light,
     deep in wooded grove and glade grows the pine nut, crisp and white.
     Search in secret bower to find sweet milk of gentle hind,
     tamarack and mallow ear, you shall feast through all the year.
     Winter, summer, spring and fall, Mother Hulda feeds you all! Hei!
     Winter, summer, spring and fall, Mother Hulda feeds you all! Hei!

     Lily leaf and silver root, acorn and sweet elder shoot,
     tender bulb of willow wirth, hidden deep in dark, cool earth
     and fruit of shrub and tree and vine
     and nut of hazel, beech and pine,
     wood and meadow yield to me the food to feed my company.
     Lion’s tooth and arrowhead, and tender bud of maiden thread,
     charlock, poke, and wintergreen, persimmon,
     pear and locust bean.
     Shepherd’s purse and jewelweed, caraway and pumpkin seed,
     come and see what I have brought you, come to me
     and I will feed you!
     Hei! Hei!
     Gnome and troll, come listen to my call, I’ve berries, nuts and milk
     enough to feed you all!
     Hei! Hei!

     Peppergrass and partridgeberry, pawpaw, quince and sour cherry,
     currant, sumac, honeysuckle, ginger plum and pixiebuckle:
     fruit and nut of ev’ry kind, ev’ry place I search to find,
     deep in earth and high in tree, the food to feed my company!
     Honey of the forest bee! nectar-bark of maple tree!
     Leaf of grape and penny royal, clover bloom and quatrefoil,
     fruit of shrub and tree and vine, nut of hazel, beech and pine.
     Wood and meadow yield to me the food to feed my company!
     Gen’rously their gifts bestow under sun or winter snow. Hei!
     Mother Hulda feeds you all, come and listen to my call.
     Hei! Hei! Hei!
     Winter, summer spring and fall, listen to my call.
     Listen to my call! Hei!