Under the Willow She's Sleeping
Under the Willow She's Sleeping | |
Stephen Foster, 1860
| Under the willow she's laid with care, Sang a lone mother while weeping, Under the willow, with golden hair, My little one's quietly sleeping. Chorus: Fiar, fair, and golden hair; Sang a lone mother while weeping, Fair, fair, and golden hair; Under the willow she's sleeping. | 2. Under the willow by night and day, Sorrowing ever I ponder; Free from its shadowy, gloomy ray, Ah! never again can she wander. Chorus:
3. Under the willow I breathe a prayer, |