From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/WE_WEK.htm WEEPING WILLOW TREE, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. A,A,ABABABAB. The melody was collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds, along with these words: *** Oh, once they said my lips were red and now they're scarlet pale, Oh, I was a silly girl to believe this flattering tale. He vowed he'd never deceive me; I like a silly believed he, The moon and the stars they shone so bright, Over the willow tree. (Quarry Men, c. 1950) *** Oh, once they said my cheeks were red, but now they are drawn and pale, When I like a silly girl believed his flattering tale. He said he's never deceive me, and I like a silly believed he, When the moon and the stars so brightly shone Over the willow tree (Journal, English Folk Dance & Song Society) *** Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 190.
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