Down by the river there stood a willow tree
A hundred years ago it saw the light
It looked at people captured it looked at people free
And heard their dire mourning and delight
The willow saw them all as they came and as they went
Heard all their conversations too
It saw the new bourn babes and the oldster’s lifeline spent
So the cycle then began anew.
Down by the river there stood a willow tree
With letters engraved in its bark
By all those young lovers with their romantic plea
From early morning till the fall of dark
The willow saw them all as they came and as they went
Heard all their conversations too
It saw the new bourn babes and the oldster’s lifeline spent
So the cycle then began anew.
Down by the river there stood a willow tree
Time was lastly up it had to go
Floating down the river and into the sea
Just along the path of all life’s flow
The willow saw them all as they came and as they went
Heard all their conversations too
It saw the new bourn babes and the oldster’s lifeline spent
So the cycle then began anew.
Down by the river there stood a willow tree
A hundred years ago it saw the light
It looked at people captured it looked at people free
And heard their dire mourning and delight