Willow weep for me    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. Willow, weep for me, willow, weep for me,

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    bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea.

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    Listen to my plea, listen, willow and weep for me.

 

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2. Gone my lovers dream, lovely summer dream,

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    gone and left me here to weep my tears into the stream.

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    Sad as I can be, hear me willow and wee.......p for me.

 

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    Whisper to the wind and say that love has sinned,

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    leave my heart a-breaking, and making a moan.

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    Murmur to the night to hide its starry light,

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    so none will find me sighing and crying all alone.

 

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4. Weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy,

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    bend your branches down along the ground and cover me.

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    When the shadows fall, bend down willow and wee.....p    - - -

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    for me.

 

    (Peter & Gordon)