Greatest Friend Lyrics - Incredible String Band

The greatest friend I have in life 

Has brought me here to dwell 

Awhile among your green, green hills 

And by the watery well 

The water from that wondrous well 

Has made my eyes to see 

And loosed my tongue to sing with joy 

That such a friend can be 

The greatest friend I have in life 

Was hidden long from me 

Above the mountains, cold and wide 

Beneath the sacred tree 

That sacred tree whose bark I touched 

Whose leaves did tell to me 

The ancient tales that made me sure 

My friend would come to me 

My greatest friend a song has given 

To sing where I may go 

To sing among the green, green hills 

And where the waters flow 

The waters from that wondrous well 

That make my eyes to see 

And make my mind to ever show 

My greatest friend to me