American Old Time Song Lyrics: 02 Under The Willow Shes Sleeping
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 2
Under the Willow She's Sleeping
Under the willow she's laid with care-
Sung a lone mother while weeping,
Under the willow, with golden hair
My little one's quietly sleeping.
Chorus.
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
Sung a lone mother while weeping;
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
Under the willow she's sleeping.
Under the willow no songs are heard,
Near where my darling lies dreaming;
Naught but the voice of some far-off bird,
Where life and its pleasures are beaming. - Chorus.
Under the willow by night and day,
Sorrowing ever I ponder;
Free from its shadowy, gloomy ray,
Ah! never again can she wander.-Chorus.
Under the willow I breathe a prayer,
Longing to linger forever
Near to my angel with golden hair
In lands where there's sorrowing never.-Chorus.