WILLOW TREE
From "Keep Shufflin'"
Words by Andy Razaf; music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. ©1928.
As recorded by Mildred Bailey and Her Alleycats, [date unknown to me]

Willow tree,
Hear my plea.
When you weep, think of me,
'Cause I'm so weary with misery.

Happy breeze,
Hear me, please.
Sigh for me through the trees.
My life's so dreary with misery.

For me it rains and rains.
Each day brings aches and pains.
Feel like a stranger ev'rywhere.
Nobody seems to care.
The burden's more than I can bear.

Willow tree,
Hear my plea.
When you weep, think of me,
'Cause I'm so weary with misery.


There was another early recording by:
Louisiana Sugar Babes (instrumental), 1928.