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Subject: willow tree From: urban_gecko Date: 03 Apr 02 - 02:53 PM Evening folks I am looking for lyrics to a song I heard (and performed) in the mid-60's... 1st verse (+or-): On a cold, cold dark day I thought I heard her sigh Willow tree, willow tree She did not say it so loud Said it so doggone plain Rambling was her notion And I didn't even know her name What makes a heart turn cold Just before the dawn Willow tree, willow tree And it just gets fuzzier and fuzzier from there. HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 5-Apr-02. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: Mrrzy Date: 03 Apr 02 - 03:09 PM Ooh, I like it, and it sounds vaguely familiar... hauntingly so, in fact. Anybody? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: Sorcha Date: 03 Apr 02 - 04:04 PM No luck, do you have any more clues? Where did you hear it? Male, female, group? |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WILLOW TREE (trad. English) From: Jim Dixon Date: 05 Apr 02 - 10:25 AM DigiTrad contains about 30 songs that contain the phrase "willow tree". "Willow Tree" is not the title of any of them. See the "Mudcat FAQ" - the first thread on the Forum page - for information about how to search DigiTrad. This song, and the next one, are probably not the song you want, but since I ran across them while searching, and they don't seem to already be anywhere in the forum or DigiTrad, I may as well add them here: Copied from http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/hamer/hamer13.htm
THE WILLOW TREE
As I passed by a willow tree, willow tree,
Oh, speak, young man, and don't be shy, be shy,
I wish your bosom was of glass, of glass,
Then give me back to the one I love, I love,
My love he is a sailor boy, sailor boy,
Now give me back to the one I love, I love, |
Subject: Lyr Add: WILLOW TREE (sung by Ferlin Husky) From: Jim Dixon Date: 05 Apr 02 - 10:29 AM This one was recorded by Ferlin Husky. Copied from http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/h/Husky/husky_someofmy.htm
WILLOW TREE
Willow tree, willow tree, you're weeping too.
Poor little willow tree, blue as the sky,
Blue grows the willow tree watered with tears |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: Peg Date: 05 Apr 02 - 10:35 AM I found a lyric wth the words "All a green willow, wilow, willow, all a green willow, my darling." Made up a tune for it; does anyone know of a recording?
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: masato sakurai Date: 05 Apr 02 - 11:07 AM Isn't that Desdemona's "Willow Song" (which is in the DT)? ~Masato |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: GUEST,Graham Date: 19 Sep 08 - 03:41 AM From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/WE_WEK.htm WEEPING WILLOW TREE, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. A,A,ABABABAB. The melody was collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds, along with these words: ***
Oh, I was a silly girl to believe this flattering tale. He vowed he'd never deceive me; I like a silly believed he, The moon and the stars they shone so bright, Over the willow tree. ***
When I like a silly girl believed his flattering tale. He said he's never deceive me, and I like a silly believed he, When the moon and the stars so brightly shone Over the willow tree *** Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 190. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: The Borchester Echo Date: 19 Sep 08 - 03:56 AM Willow Tree (Headington tune above)was famously recorded on Morris On with Shirley Collins on vocals. The May Bradley song (5 April 2002 above) was recorded by Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers on the Mercury-nominated Anglicana. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: pavane Date: 19 Sep 08 - 05:06 AM Under the Willow Tree looks similar to the Morris song Various versions: Under the willow tree ("Don't you remember the vows so tender ...") also Willow tree ("Oh take me to your arms, love ...") "Why did you say my lips were red, and made the scarlet pale" makes more sense, too Under the Willow Tree There are several other songs there, including The Willow Tree, and a parody of it, The Apple Tree The willow tree ("O take me to your arms my love ...") starts the same as the other one, but is a different song This is also another song: The old willow tree ("One evening in the month of May, while strolling in the fields ...") Performer: Coyne, Fred; Clindes, Pete |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: pavane Date: 19 Sep 08 - 06:02 AM Forgot to say that these were found at the Bodleian Ballad collection |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: willow tree From: GUEST,Guest. deeb Date: 01 Aug 22 - 03:20 AM To urban gecko Strange. I had the exact same intentions, of finding that Willow tree song as you remember it. (A few slightly different words.) And also sang and played it in the 60s/70s. Learned from a traveling friend who didn’t write it. Remembered it for about 20 years. No clue any more. Hope someone else has more info. |
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