"Ice Covered Birches" written by Carl E. Hoffman, recorded by Cliff Waldron on "The Best of Cliff Waldron", Rebel CD 1124, 1999.

There is a sound sample at Barnes&Noble, from which I transcribed this:

...her hand,
And she knows that I'm leavin' but she sheds (?) not her grievin'
Her heartbeats believin' I'll return if I can.
Ice covered birches on a cold winter morn
From the hillsides they shimmer and glimmer and shine,
But the branches are broken and their heads are bowed low,
Like the...

Also recorded by Alternate Roots on "Tales Of Love and Sorrow"
And by Art Stevenson and Highwater "Dusty Boxcar Wall"