For those who, like me, are suckers for sappy maudlin songs... I found the lyrics for the song I mentioned above.

      - Mark

The Leaves Mustn't Fall

Transcribed from a recording by Sam & Kirk McGee

The autumn leaves were falling, the snow was soon to come,
As I was walking down the lonesome road,
I saw a little fellow, he was sitting all alone,
A-catching leaves as they came tumbling down.

Refrain:
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.

My little sister's seven, and she's a pretty thing,
As pretty as a picture on the wall,
The doctor came last summer, he said that she would die,
When the autumn leaves have turned and start to fall.

    (refrain)

Oh won't you help me mister, won't you help me tie the leaves,
We'll time them to the branches good and strong,
And if we tie them tightly, we can keep my sister here,
And show that doctor man that he is wrong.

    (refrain)