[Verse 1]

In the land of Maracuja, there lived a foreign girl
She imagined that the natives would liken her to pearl
With her rare and whitened body
So long it skimmed the moon
With fingers fair and narrow
The strange yellow hair she grew

[Verse 2]

I'll need no weapons here
Though I've heard the men are wild
Their skin is coloured clove
And they feed on fear and guile

[Verse 3]

For when they see my passing
My head above thе sun
They'll take me for a spirit
And to thеir tribes, they'll run

[Verse 4]

Crying we have seen the river whose daughter
For her eyes are silver fish
And her movement is like water
[Verse 5]

We must gather up our children
Down by the water place
With finest skins and chieftains' bones
Make a temple to her face

[Verse 6]

And the girl inside her shelter
Built near the river's flow
Awaiting their coming
Her thoughts began to slow

[Verse 7]

And in the jungle's darkness
A circle grew around
Its teeth like funeral stones
Its hands swift, falling down

[Verse 8]

To still her feathered breathing
With slightest silent care
They killed her for her difference and innocence
But they kept her yellow hair