[Verse 1: Allison Young]
In the hollow wood, there lived an owl
She kept her eyes set on the south
But when the morning sun did rise
She turned her head to see the sights
[Chorus 1: Allison Young]
Of the golden sunlight
And the way it painted the sky
Each living creature, both pure and good
Made a home in the hollow wood
[Verse 2: Joshua Lee Turner]
High o'er the owl, there lived a crow
He laughed and called to creatures below
And all his treasurе he did stow
The joys of courtship to know
[Chorus: Joshua Lee Turner]
In the goldеn sunlight
And the way it painted the sky
Each living creature, both pure and good
Made a home in the hollow wood
[Verse 3: Allison Young]
A young red squirrel also did play
Ran with her kin from break of day
From skyward spring to knotted base
She everywhere did give them chase
[Chorus: Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner]
In the golden sunlight
And the way it painted the sky
Each living creature, both pure and good
Made a home in the hollow wood
[Verse 4: Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner]
Into the wood one day did come
A logging man of axe and gun
He set his eyes upon that tree
And said full felled ye soon shall be
[Verse 5: Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner]
For I must keep my family dry
And keep my children warm at night
I seek no pelt nor flesh to eat
But come o wood along with me
[Chorus: Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner]
Through the golden sunlight
And the way it painted the sky
Each living creature, both pure and good
Made a home in the hollow wood
[Verse 6: Allison Young]
And so he hewed with all his might
Until at length the axe fell quiet
The creatures having fled the din
Returned to where their home had been
[Chorus: Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner]
In the golden sunlight
And the way it painted the sky
Each living creature around there stood
And bade farewell to the hollow wood