The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22708   Message #2721085
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Sep-09 - 06:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ice Covered Birches (Carl E. Hoffman)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ice Covered Birches
Well, I can now extend my quote for a couple more lines:

...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 hillside they shimmer and glimmer and shine,
But the branches are broken and their heads are bowed low,
Like the sad tender heart of that darlin' of mine,
Like the heart of that darlin' of mine.

In a far northern...