Bury Me Beneath Willow

Cat. #1283 (MFH #785) - As sung by Floyd Holland, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 25, 1971

VERSE 1
My heart is broke an' now with sorrow
For th one that I love
If I never more shall see her
Till we meet above

CHORUS:
Then, bury me beneath th willow
Beneath th weeping willow tree
When she knows that, there I'm sleeping
Perhaps she'll sometimes think of me

VERSE 2
She told me that, she'd always love me
---- --- -- that make her untrue
Till an angel softly whispered
She will prove untrue to you

VERSE 3
Tomorrow is our wedding day
An' where, O where, is she
She's gone to wed another fellow
And she does not care for me

VERSE 4
Plant on my grave an evergreen
An elm of th purest love
Tell her I died, I died forsaken
For her love I could not win

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