Willow Tree- Julia Rickman (MO) 1909 Belden B
[Title should not have "Under". From: H. M. Belden, Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society, p. 483.
R. Matteson 2017]
UNDER THE WILLOW TREE - Secured in 1909 from Julia Rickman of West Plains High School who got if from 'an old collection of songs at home.". Role of sexes reversed. Version B,
My heart is broken, I am sorry,
Over the one that I love.
I know that I shall never see her
Unless we meet in heaven above.
Chorus: Bury me beneath the willow,
Beneath the weeping willow tree,
And when she knows that I am sleeping
Perhaps she'll sometimes think of me.
Once she told me that she loved me;
How could I think her untrue
Until an angel whispered softly,
'Oh, she does not care for you'
Tomorrow is our wedding day.
Where, oh, where is she?
She's gone to love another fellow.
Oh, she does not care for me.