Cat. #1103 (MFH #769) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on April 9, 1970
VERSE 1
In a quite country village
Stood a maple on th hill
Where I set with my Geneva, long ago
When th stars was shinin' brightly
We could hear th whipporwill
As we set beneath th maple, on th hill
VERSE 2
We would sing this song together
When th birds had gone to rest
We would listen to th mumuring, of th rill
Will you always love me darling
As you did th starry night
When we set beneath th maple, on th hill
VERSE 3
We are gettin' old an' feeble
Yet, th stars are shinin' bright
As we listen to th mumuring of th rill
Will you always love me darling
As you did this starry night
When we set beneath th maple on th hill
VERSE 4
Don't forget me little darling
When they lay me down to rest
T'is a little wish darling, grant I pray
When you linger there in saddness
Thinking darling, of th past
Let your teardrop kiss th flower on my grave
VERSE 5
I will soon be with th angels
On that bright an' happy shore
Even now I hear them coming o'er th rill
So, goodbye my little darling
For my time has come to go
I must leave you an', th maple on th hill