Willow Tree

Lyrics

[Verse 1] As I pass by a willow tree, willow tree That willow leaf blew down on me I picked it up, it would not break I passed my love, he would not speak [Verse 2] Oh, speak young man, and don't be shy, be shy For I'm the girl can't pass you by For friends we met and friends we'll part You'll take my hand but not my heart [Verse 3] I wished your bosom were of glass, of glass So I could view it through and through Just to view the secrets of your heart If I'd love one, I can't love two [Instrumental Break] [Verse 4] Oh, give me back to the one I love, I love Oh, give, oh, give him back to me If I only have that one I love How happy, happy more I'd be [Verse 5] My love he is a sailor boy, sailor boy He sails the ocean through and through And when he gets so far away He hardly thinks no more of me [Verse 6] So give, oh, give him back to me, to me Oh, give, oh, give him back to me If I only have that one I love How happy, happy more I'd be [Outro] I see the tall ships sailing on the ocean They're just like the pretty girls when they get the notion I see the tall ships sailing on the ocean