| G | C | G | D | G | G | C | |
| My heart is sad and I am lonely |
| G | D | |
| For the only one I love |
| G | C | |
| When shall I see her oh no never |
| G | D | G | |
| till we meet in heaven above |
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| G | C | |
| Oh bury me beneath the willow |
| G | D | |
| Under the weeping willow tree |
| G | C | |
| So she will know where I am sleeping |
| G | D | G | G-D-G | |
| And perhaps she'll wait for me |
| G | C | |
| She told me that she dearly love me |
| G | D | |
| How could I believe it untrue |
| G | C | |
| Until the angel softly whispered |
| G | D | G | |
| She will prove the truth to you |
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| G | C | |
| Tomorrow was our wedding day |
| G | D | |
| Oh God oh God where can she be? |
| G | C | |
| She's out a-courting with another |
| G | D | G | |
| And no longer cares for me |
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