Written by A.P. Carter
Intro: D G D A D G D A D D G My love is dead and buried yonder D A beneath the weeping willow tree. D G What wrecks my life and makes me wonder D A D is because she died for me. D G D A Then lay me down in death beside her, for she's all this life to me, G D A D that I may join and e'er caress her, in a land beyond the sea. ( D G D A D G D A D ) D G Yes, she died before I told her D A that I loved her true and kind, D G and that I did not mean to fool her, D A D but she left me to repine. D G D A Then lay me down in death beside her, for she's all this life to me, D G D a d D that I may join and e'er caress her, in a land beyond the sea. ( D G D A D G D A D ) D G God, shall I ever get forgiveness D A for the deeds that I have done, D G and meet up yonder her sweet charming, D A D for I know she did me some. D G then lay me down in death beside her, for she's all this life to me, D G D A D that I may join and e'er caress her, in a land beyond the sea.
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