"Make me a bed in a shady little dell Where the song birds cry and the flowers smell. Oh, make me a bed where I can quiet be 'Neath the elm and the ash and the black oak tree. If I should die 'twould be for love, And all the bluest sky above, And all the stars and the moon and then sun Would know my heart had been undone. You took my heart. You took my hand. You left me here, love, where I stand. So I'll shed my tears, shed my tears in misery, 'Neath the elm and the ash and the black oak tree. Oh, dig me a grave in a shady little dell Where the wild birds cry and the flowers smell. Oh, dig me a grave where I can quiet be 'Neath the elm and the ash and the black oak tree." Those are all the lyrics and yes it is called BLACK OAK TREE by: John Jacob Niles. It's in a minor key and it's a beautiful song
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