My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow   For the only one I love   When will I see him, no, no, never   Till I meet him in heaven above         Then bury me beneath the willow   Beneath the weeping willow tree   Where he may know where I am sleeping   And perhaps he will weep for me      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]      He told me that he dearly loved me   How could I believe him untrue   Until an angel softly whispered   He has proven untrue to you         Then bury me beneath the willow   Beneath the weeping willow tree   Where he may know where I am sleeping   And perhaps he will weep for me      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]         Tomorrow was their wedding day   But, alas, oh, where can he be   He's gone, he's gone to wed another   And he no longer cares for me         Then bury me beneath the willow   Beneath the weeping willow tree   Where he may know where I am sleeping   And perhaps he will weep for me