We've had a couple threads about leaf songs lately, and they brought this song to mind. Too bad I can't remember how the bridge goes, because it's playable on fretted dulcimer.

The last leaf clings to the bough
Just one leaf, that's all there is now.
And my last hope lies [lives?] with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf
With the last leaf that clings to the bough.

Last summer beneath this tree
My love swore she'd come to me.
"Before the leaves of autumn touch the ground, touch the ground,"
My love swore she'd be homeward bound.

Then one by one the leaves began to fall
And now that winter's come to call...

The last leaf clings to the bough
Just one leaf, that's all there is now
Will my last hope fall with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf
With the last leaf that clings to the bough?
Bough, bough, bough . . .

I'm practicing making the sound of rushing wind which ended the original recording. The cats are looking at my funny, however.