Cat. #0850 (MFH #609) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 27, 1969
VERSE 1
Spring time is com'in, sweet lonesome bird
Th echo in th woodland I hear
Down in th meadow so lonesome you sing
While th moolight is shinning so clear
I know you're away in a far distant land
Land far over th sea
Go fly, t' him, singing your sweet little song
Tell 'im to come back to me
CHORUS:
Sweet Fern, Sweet Fern,
Tell me, is my darl'in still true
Sweet Fern, Sweet Fern
I'll be just as happy as you
VERSE 2
Upon my finger, he placed a gold ring
On th day he was leav'in his home
I promised I'd be his own dear little girl
An' love 'im wherever he roamed
I know he's away in a far distant land
Land far over th sea
Go fly t' him singing your sweet little song
An' tell 'im to come back to me
VERSE 3
Tell me Sweet Fern, 'er you think'in of me
An' th promise I made long ago
I promised I'd be your own dear little girl
An' love you wherever you roamed
I know your away in a far distant land
Land far over th sea
Go fly t' him singing your sweet little song
An' tell 'im to come back to me