I sat beneath the Willow tree
And cried in sad lament –
The Willow wept because I wept;
Despaired and discontent
I lay upon the clovered grass
Enwrapped in fresh, sweet air –
The Willow wept, oh how she wept
To see me lying there
Her tears dripped down from branch and leaf
Then touched the moistened ground –
The Willow wept, because I wept
As there I sobbed and frowned
My love, my love has gone away
And never to return –
The Willow wept, oh how she wept;
With me, to ever yearn
She touched my face with gentle sway
Of boughs that bended low –
And then she wept, because I wept;
Why did you have to go?
My love, my love has left me now
And I am so alone –
The Willow wept, oh how she wept;
Then watched me turn to stone
And now the clover ‘round me grows
Beneath the azure sky –
The Willow weeps, because I wept;
Forever here to lie
The sun shall burn upon this stone
Yet cold I’ll always stay –
The Willow weeps, oh how she weeps,
For here I lie today
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