Willow Weep for Me
Whispers of a Weeping Willow: Nancy Wilson's Melancholic Ode
Lyrics
Willow weep for me, weeping willow tree
Asking the willow tree to cry on behalf of the speaker
Bend your branches green along the stream
Requesting the tree to bend its green branches by the stream
That runs to the sea
Describing the path of the stream leading to the sea
Listen, listen to my plea
Urging the willow to listen to the speaker's plea
Listen willow and weep for me
Reiterating the request for the willow to cry for the speaker
Gone, my lover's dream, lovely summer dream
Expressing the departure of the speaker's lover, a beautiful dream
Gone and left me here to cry
Describing the speaker's loneliness and sorrow
My tears into the stream
Expressing the tears falling into the stream
I am so sad, sad as I can be
Highlighting the deep sadness experienced by the speaker
Hear me willow and weep for me
Reiterating the plea for the willow to hear and cry for the speaker
Whisper to the wind and say
Requesting the wind to carry a message about love's betrayal
That love has sinned
Implying that love has committed wrongdoing
And left my heart a-breaking
Expressing the pain of a broken heart
And making a moan
Describing the sound of pain and sorrow
Murmur to the night to hide her starry light
Asking the night to conceal the speaker's suffering
So none will find me sighing
Desiring privacy while in emotional distress
And crying all alone
Expressing the feeling of being alone and crying
Oh, weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy
Urging the willow to cry in empathy
Bend your branches down along the
Asking the tree to cover the speaker when shadows fall
Ground and cover me when the shadows fall
Requesting protection and comfort from the willow
Bend over willow and weep for me
Reiterating the plea for the willow to cry for the speaker
Hear me willow and weep for me
Final plea for the willow to hear and cry for the speaker
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