Sweet Fern-The Carter Family

[00:07.76]Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird [00:12.04]Your echo in the woodland I hear [00:15.44]Down in the meadow so lonesome you're singing [00:19.57]While the moonlight is shining so clear [00:22.71] [00:23.09]But I know he's away in a far distant land [00:27.17]A land that is over the sea [00:30.51]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song [00:34.65]And tell him to come back to me [00:37.85] [00:38.18]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) [00:42.18]Oh, tell me, is my darling still true [00:45.89]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) [00:49.69]I'll be just as happy as you [00:53.01] [00:53.44]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee [00:57.22]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee [01:01.47]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh [01:05.42]Lee-oh-lay-ee [01:07.76] [01:08.01]Oh, tell me, sweet Fern, is he thinking of me [01:11.78]And the promise he made long ago [01:15.18]He said he'd return from over the sea [01:19.14]Oh, why do the earth roll so slow [01:22.47] [01:22.77]I know he's away in a far distant land [01:26.63]A land that is over the sea [01:29.98]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song [01:33.90]And tell him to come back to me [01:36.99] [01:52.00]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee [01:55.84]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee [02:00.34]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh [02:03.43]Lee-oh-lay-ee [02:05.96] [02:06.27]Upon my finger he placed a small ring [02:09.51]On the day he was leaving his home [02:13.00]I promised I'd be his own dear little girl [02:16.65]And love him wherever he'd roam [02:20.24] [02:20.49]But I know he's away in a far distant land [02:24.31]A land that is over the sea [02:27.47]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song [02:31.36]And tell him to come back to me [02:34.63] [02:34.88]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) [02:38.78]Oh, tell me, is my darling still true [02:42.12]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) [02:45.94]I'll be just as happy as you [02:49.40] [02:49.78]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee [02:53.29]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee [02:57.80]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh [03:00.89]Lee-oh-lay-ee