Found this:

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Tying the Leaves

Don Stott

You all remember the old song, don't you? (Actually, if you are pre-menopausal, you might not!) At any rate, this little gal is singing that she is "Tying the leaves, so they won't fall down, so the wind won't blow them away…" (It's a 1959 song). In other words, summer is flying past, all to quickly, and those leaves are falling to the ground. Harsh winter is coming, and she wants to postpone it if she can. I agree. The last leaves are falling here where I live, and it was a bit below freezing this morning. The mountains 30 miles away have a lot of snow already, so we must face it. Winter's here. I love summer, find spring and fall hopeful and peaceful, and dislike winter totally. At least we only have a few inches of snow here all winter.

Then there's another poem, by who, I don't know, part of which goes, " The leaves mustn't fall, oh no, they mustn't fall. I'm tying the leaves so they will stay. I've lost my Mom and Dad, now sister's all I have. Don't let the falling leaves take her away."